Both Houses of Parliament continued to witness disruptions over Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Indian democracy and Adani Group issue on the seventh consecutive day on Tuesday of the second leg of the Budget Session. Amid sloganeering, both the Houses were adjourned for the day. The next sitting of the Houses will be held on 23rd of this month and there will be no sitting tomorrow due to festivals.
In the Lok Sabha, when the House reassembled after the first adjournment at 2 PM, opposition party members including Congress, DMK, BRS, Aam Adami Party and others trooped into the well raising slogans demanding Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Adani Group matter.
In the Rajya Sabha, similar scenes were witnessed. When the House reassembled after the first adjournment at 2 PM, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced that there will be no sitting of the House tomorrow as there will be celebration of festivals across the country on the occasion of Chaitra Sukladi, Ugadi, Gudi Padva, Cheti Chand. Thereafter, treasury bench members started sloganeering demanding Mr. Gandhi’s apology. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said that Mr. Gandhi is not a member of this House and there is no question of his apology. Amid pandemonium, the House was adjourned for the day.
