Parliament disrupted on last day of monsoon session

Opposition demands PM's resignation

PTI | September 7, 2012



Parliament was disrupted even on the last day of the Monsoon Session on Friday with BJP members insisting on their demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the issue of coal block allocation.

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon after opposition triggered ruckus on the issue.

This was the for the 13th consecutive day that Parliament was adjourned without transacting any significant business amid stormy scenes over coal block allocation and some other issues.

AIADMK members were in the Well waving copies of a newspaper carrying reports of Finance Minister P Chidambaram's alleged involvement in a land grab case.

DMK members were protesting against the upcoming visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India.

In the Lok Sabha, BJP members trooped to the Well as soon as Speaker Meira Kumar took up the Question Hour. They raised slogans demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister.

The House plunged into turmoil as AIADMK and DMK members also joined the BJP members and raised different issues.

The Speaker adjourned the proceedings till noon within a minute of convening the House.

In the Rajya Sabha, soon after Chairman Hamid Ansari announced the retirement of Secretary General V K Agnihotri, BJP members raised slogans against the government on the alleged coal scam. Some SP and AIADMK members too were up on their feet but could not be heard in the din.

As the slogan shouting members were unrelenting, Ansari adjourned the House till noon.

Earlier, the House appreciated Agnihotri, a 1968-batch IAS officer, for "devotion" and "dedication" towards his duties.

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