The logjam continued in the Upper House for the eighth day in a row, resulting in the adjournment of the Rajya Sabha for the day on Thursday amid a ruckus created by both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition parties.
The House of Elders faced adjournment for the day within a minute after it assembled at 2 p.m. following the first adjournment announced earlier in the day. This was the 15th adjournment of the House since the second leg of the budget session convened. The tussle between the BJP and the Opposition MPs continued over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks about democracy in India in London and the Adani issue.
The ruling BJP members sought an apology from Wayanad MP over his remarks about India’s democracy in London and his criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, Congress leaders also raised objections, and they also started speaking against the government, demanding a probe into the Adani Group by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).
Union Minister and leader of the House Piyush Goyal said “It is important that the nation hears an apology from the leader of their party (Congress), who is responsible for causing so much discredit to the country and to the Parliament”. However, the opposition members had sought a JPC probe into the Adani Group and accused the Center of being silent on a report by a US firm that alleged stock manipulation and accounting fraud by the group.
The Rajya Sabha faced adjournment for the whole day last Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday too amid pandemonium as Treasury benches sought an apology for Gandhi’s remarks in London on democracy in India and the Opposition objected to the matter and demanded a probe into the Adani Group by a Joint Parliamentary Committee. A similar scenario was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha sittings on Monday and Tuesday of this week too.
