Parliament adjourns till noon on the 2G spectrum issue

Parliament was adjourned till noon today following an uproar by the Opposition parties demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into reports of irregularities in second-generation mobile telephony spectrum allocation.

As soon as the Lok Sabha met for the day, BJP and SP members rushed to well shouting "we want JPC".

Some Congress members from Karnataka came to the aisle of the House with posters dubbing Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa as "corrupt".

"Throw out corrupt chief minister BS Yeddyurappa," read one of the posters.

The JD-S chief and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda was also seen holding one of the placards.

Earlier this week, government auditor CAG had indicted former telecom minister A Raja of committing irregularities in allocation of second-generation mobile telephony spectrum causing a presumed loss of Rs1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer.

As the din continued, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the House till noon hardly a few minutes after it met for the day.

The Rajya Sabha also witnessed similar scenes.

As soon as the House assembled, Chairman Hamid Ansari took up the Question Hour. But, members from BJP and AIADMK rushed to the well demanding setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to go into the 2G spectrum issue.

As the uproar persisted, Ansari adjourned the House till noon.