Lok Sabha Adjourned Again Amid Uproar, to Meet on December 27
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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Friday after vociferous protests by the Opposition over various issues, including the Rafale deal, bonded labourers rescued in Karnataka, Delhi sealing and Cauvery water dispute. The House will now meet on December 27, after Christmas.
As soon as the House met at noon after the first adjournment, official papers were laid on the table. The Zero Hour began.
Immediately, the Congress, AIADMK and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members trooped near the Speaker's podium and started sloganeering.
The Congress demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 36 ready-to-fly Rafale fighter jets deal, while the AIADMK members demand that the proposal to construct a dam across the Cauvery river at Mekadatu must be withdrawn. The TDP raised several issues related to their demand for special status for Andhra Pradesh.
Amid the din, Bharatiya Janata Party's Prahlad Joshi raised the issue of labourers, who were rescued by the police in the Hassan district in Karnataka and demanded that a team of National Commission for SC/ST, Women and Human Rights should visit the spot and submit a detailed report.
Trinamool Congess' Dinesh Trivedi also raked up the issue of the impact of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation on the MSME sector while Revolutionary Socialist Party's N.K. Premchandran raised the issue of Union Home Ministry's order that has allowed 10 central probe agencies to intercept and monitor information stored on any computer device.
Shiromani Akali Dal's Prem Singh Chandu Majra demanded the government should initiate a process so that the British government should apologise for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
As the ruckus continued, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House for the day.
Before the adjournment, she took consent of the House to resume the proceedings on December 27 after Christmas vacation.
Earlier, Aam Aadmi Party members led by Bhagwant Maan demanded end of sealing in Delhi.
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