The second phase of the Budget session of Parliament began on a stormy note with both LS and RS adjourning following uproar over OBC quota.
NEW DELHI: The second phase of the Budget session of Parliament began on a stormy note on Thursday with both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourning till noon following uproar over OBC quota and other issues.
Both the Houses were thrown into pandemonium soon after swearing-in of new members and obituary references.
RJD, DMK and PMK members were agitated over the OBC quota issue while CPI(M) members were seen targeting BJP over the human trafficking case involving its MP Babubhai Katara.
In the Lok Sabha, RJD's Devendra Prasad Yadav was heard remarking that a situation of confrontation between the judiciary and the legislature appeared to have arisen over providing reservation to OBCs in educational institutions.
In the Rajya Sabha, Dinesh Trivedi (Trinamool Congress) sought to raise the killing of farmers at Nandigram amid Left members' demand for suspension of Question Hour to discuss the Katara issue.
RJD and DMK members sought to raise the OBC quota issue while BJP members resorted to slogan-shouting. Nothing could be heard in the din.
TDP members in both the Houses wanted discussion to be taken up on the Babhli barrage issue involving Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Congress members in the Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh were also seen raising the issue.
Both the parties staged a sit-in outside Parliament House this morning demanding immediate stoppage of work on the project by Maharashtra.
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee sought to restore order but in vain. He expressed anguish over the behaviour of members before adjourning the House till noon.
In the Rajya Sabha, soon after Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat made obituary references and condemned terrorist attacks in Algiers and Casablanca, CPI-M members were up on their feet as BJP and TDP members matched them in trying to raise issues.
The Chairman said he had received notices from Leader of the Opposition Jaswant Singh, CPI-M leaders and TDP leader Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy and would allow them to speak in the same order.
As the din continued, Shekhawat adjourned the House till noon.
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