Potests over Rafale\, Cauvery; Both Houses adjourned for the day

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Potests over Rafale, Cauvery; Both Houses adjourned for the day

Shiv Sena MPs display placards while staging a protest during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 12, 2018.

Shiv Sena MPs display placards while staging a protest during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 12, 2018.   | Photo Credit: AP

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The two Houses of Parliament were on Wednesday adjourned without transacting much business as the Opposition staged protest on a variety of issues, including Rafale jet deal, Ram temple and Cauvery river water.

December 12 was the second day of the Winter session. On the first day on December 11, both Houses were adjourned after paying obituary to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Union Minister Ananth Kumar.

In the Rajya Sabha, the National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities (Amendment) Bill was passed amid slogan shouting by Opposition members.

The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day just after noon following protests by opposition members on various issues including the Rafale deal, construction of Ram Temple and Cauvery river water.

Immediately after the House re-convened at noon, the Congress, the Shiv Sena, the TDP and the AIADMK members trooped into the well with placards and started shouting slogans in support of their demands.

Similar scenes were earlier witnessed when the Question Hour began after obituary references to former MPs.

Congress members were demanding a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal while Shiv Sena MPs staged protests demanding immediate construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Members belonging to the AIADMK raised slogans demanding justice for Tamil Nadu farmers living along the Cauvery delta and TDP members demanded a railway zone at Visakhapatnam.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan tried to pacify members but in vain.

As the ruckus continued, the Speaker adjourned the House for the day.

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice in the pre-lunch period and for the day around 2.15 p.m. as the two main political parties of Tamil Nadu — the AIADMK and DMK — staged protests on the Cauvery river issue.

The Upper House was first adjourned till noon soon after laying of papers and then again till 2 p.m. soon after the Question Hour started at 12 p.m.

Soon after Ministers laid listed papers on the table of the House, the AIADMK members trooped into the Well carrying a banner that read ‘protect the lives of Cauvery delta farmers’.

DMK members too entered the Well raising issues related to the Cauvery river.

Chairman Venkaiah Naidu urged them to return to their seats. He said notices have been received from several parties for discussion on issues of urgent importance.

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