New Delhi: The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned on Monday as soon as they met for the second part of the budget session of Parliament amid opposition protests over the Punjab National Bank fraud and special status to Andhra Pradesh.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon after Trinamool Congress and Left party MPs started shouting slogans in protest against the alleged bank fraud amounting to over Rs 12,600 crore by jewellery designer Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi who have fled the country.
TDP MPs also protested seeking special category status to Andhra Pradesh. The Anhdra issue also let to adjournment of the Rajya Sabha.
The second half of the Budget Session of Parliament will commence today with the government seeking to push its legislative agenda, including the bill for confiscation of properties of fugitives, and the Opposition likely to target it on a range of issues including the multi-crore bank frauds.
The session begins two days after the election results in the northeast were announced that saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) triumphing in Tripura and improving its performance in Nagaland and Meghalaya.
The BJP is expected to be in high spirits to take on a combative Opposition that has been seeking to pin down the government over the PNB scam.
The government and the Congress are also likely to cross swords over the arrest of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti by the CBI in the INX Media alleged bribery case.(ANI)
