NEW DELHI: As soon as the Lok Sabha assembled on Wednesday morning, Congress leader of the House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised demand for the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the House and a statement from him on the Kashmir mediation issue.
But, Chowdhury didn’t seem to be in control of the situation. After he was denied any further audience by Speaker Om Birla, who continued with the Question Hour proceedings calling members to take up their scheduled questions, the Congress leader turned to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. (Rahul Gandhi was absent from the House).
For rest of the Question Hour, which saw Congress members troop in the well of the House shouting slogans demanding presence of the PM, Gandhi seemed to be running the show—from apparently giving her nod to Chowdhury to ask party members to go into the well of the House, to exchanging notes with DMK’s TR Baalu.
Soon, the DMK members, too, joined the Congress in the well shouting slogans demanding a statement from the PM. Sonia was managing the floor for the party with other party members, including Shashi Tharoor turning to her for opinion again and again as the din continued.
The Congress had a perfect floor coordination with other opposition parties, including the DMK, Trinamool Congress and the NCP, all joining in the protest demanding PM Modi’s presence in the House on the Kashmir mediation issue. While the DMK joined the Congress in the well, NCP and TMC members stood in support at their seats.
Kanimozhi of DMK was seen walking members of her party to the well to join Congress MPs. While the ruckus continued, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Shashi Tharoor were constantly seen taking directions from Gandhi. Opposition members from Tamil Nadu and Kerala were heard switching from English to slogans in Tamil and Malayalam, something that puzzled many members of the treasury benches who failed to understand the language or the slogans.
Foreign minister S Jaishankar, who was sitting along with Sports minister Kiren Rijiju and Railway minister Piyush Goyal on the second bench, was seen explaining, probably much to their relief as the slogans only meant “Where is Modi, Where is Modi”.
But, Chowdhury didn’t seem to be in control of the situation. After he was denied any further audience by Speaker Om Birla, who continued with the Question Hour proceedings calling members to take up their scheduled questions, the Congress leader turned to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. (Rahul Gandhi was absent from the House).
For rest of the Question Hour, which saw Congress members troop in the well of the House shouting slogans demanding presence of the PM, Gandhi seemed to be running the show—from apparently giving her nod to Chowdhury to ask party members to go into the well of the House, to exchanging notes with DMK’s TR Baalu.
Soon, the DMK members, too, joined the Congress in the well shouting slogans demanding a statement from the PM. Sonia was managing the floor for the party with other party members, including Shashi Tharoor turning to her for opinion again and again as the din continued.
The Congress had a perfect floor coordination with other opposition parties, including the DMK, Trinamool Congress and the NCP, all joining in the protest demanding PM Modi’s presence in the House on the Kashmir mediation issue. While the DMK joined the Congress in the well, NCP and TMC members stood in support at their seats.
Kanimozhi of DMK was seen walking members of her party to the well to join Congress MPs. While the ruckus continued, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Shashi Tharoor were constantly seen taking directions from Gandhi. Opposition members from Tamil Nadu and Kerala were heard switching from English to slogans in Tamil and Malayalam, something that puzzled many members of the treasury benches who failed to understand the language or the slogans.
Foreign minister S Jaishankar, who was sitting along with Sports minister Kiren Rijiju and Railway minister Piyush Goyal on the second bench, was seen explaining, probably much to their relief as the slogans only meant “Where is Modi, Where is Modi”.
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