Government's statement over the dispute between the Ambani brothers over gas allocation to the Dadri power project led to an uproar by Samajwadi Party members in the Lok Sabha leading to its adjournment for two hours.
The SP members stormed the well dissatisfied over the government's response to their demand for gas allocation to Anil Ambani-promoted Dadri power plant in Uttar Pradesh from the Mukesh Ambani-led RIL's D-6 gas field in the Krishna- Godavari basin.
Petroleum minister Murli Deora's assertion that the government has "nothing to do with the private dispute of two industrialists" and that Ambani's Dadri project, for which gas has been sought, was "neither installed nor functional", led to protests from SP members.
As Deora read out his statement, Congress members from Andhra Pradesh were on their feet seeking to know about gas allocation to their state.
Efforts by parliamentary affairs minister P K Bansal to pacify them did not succeed, leading to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee telling them that Deora's statement concerned only the issues raised by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The house simultaneously witnessed BJP and BSP members protesting the move to set up a development board for Bundelkhand region allegedly without taking UP and Madhya Pradesh governments into confidence.
When the house was adjourned amid uproar, Congress president Sonia Gandhi was seen telling party MPs from Andhra Pradesh to meet Mukherjee apparently in connection with the gas allocation issue.
Earlier, as soon as the Lok Sabha met for the day, the Samajwadi Party president was heard raising the issue of supply of gas for the Dadri Power project.
Adding to the din over the issue, BSP and Congress members were on their feet on the Bundelkhand issue. As the uproar continued for a while, speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house till 12:00 noon.
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