Uproar in Parl over FDI, both Houses adjourned till noon

Opposition demands discussion over FDI retail

PTI | November 28, 2011



Opposition members created an uproar in both houses of parliament on Monday over issues like allowing 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, demand for Telangana state and threat to people of Kerala due to Mullaperiyar dam.

Soon after speaker Meira Kumar announced start of the question hour in lok sabha, opposition members were on their feet demanding a debate on the FDI issue.

BJP member Murli Manohar Joshi, who had given an adjournment notice to discuss government's policy on FDI, insisted that the issue be taken up immediately.

He was supported by Sharad Yadav (JD-U) and other NDA members. BJP members also displayed a banner demanding cancellation of the government decision on FDI.

Left parties were also demanding a discussion on the same issue and some of their members walked up to the Well.

TRS members too walked into the Well and raised their demand for a separate state of Telangana. They were holding placards to press for their demand. Congress members from the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh also walked up to the Well to make the same demand.

CPI-M members from Kerala demanded steps for safety of the people of the state, who, they feared, would be affected if the age-old Mullaperiya dam is breached. There were tremors in the area last week.

Earlier, the speaker led the house in paying respects to those killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks three years ago. She also welcomed a parliamentary delegation from Bulgaria which was seated in the special box.

In the Rajya Sabha, BSP, JD-U, AIADMK and SP members raised slogans against the government's FDI policy soon after Chairman Hamid Ansari took his seat.

"FDI vapas lo (withdraw FDI)," they chanted, as BJP members joined them.

Leader of the opposition Arun Jaitley, whose party BJP had moved a motion for adjournment of the question hour to take up FDI policy, rose to speak on the issue but could not begin due to slogan shouting.

"I want to hear him (Jaitley)," Ansari said, but the members were unrelenting.

Left members from Kerala showed a banner highlighting the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam in the state but Ansari asked them not to display any banner.

"What is the point of this shouting," Ansari asked as his repeated pleas to restore peace in the house went unheeded.

S S Ahluwalia (BJP) stated that the leader of the opposition wished to speak.

"How do I do that," Ansari said amid opposition uproar.

Soon, Left members from Kerala moved into the Well holding banners on the safety of the dam.

"Don't come into the Well....no banners please," Ansari said before adjourning the House till noon.

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