The Pegasus issue continued to rock the Rajya Sabha for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday. Sloganeering and displaying of banners by the agitated Opposition and some of them trooping into the well of the house were the order of the day. It witnessed repeated adjournments due to disruption.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu tried to restore order when the proceedings commenced at 11.00 am. However, the
Opposition was in no mood to relent and shouted slogans. Naidu said it was “a sorry state of affairs” before adjourning the house till 12.00 pm.
Similar scenes were seen when the house reassembled and despite Deputy Chairman Harivansh’s appeal, the din continued.
He cautioned that some of the members in the well were not wearing masks and not following the Covid protocol.
Deputy leader of the house Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also objected to the members not wearing masks and said they are posing a health risk to the Rajya Sabha secretariat officials.
He also objected to alleged derogatory slogans raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.