Parliament Adjourned Following Ruckus Over Adani Group Issue; Opposition Leaders Hold Protest
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06 February, 2023 02:50 pm IST
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Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned till 2 PM today following the opposition parties’ protests over the Adani Group issue.
When the Lok Sabha met this morning, opposition parties continued with their demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the matter. Members from Congress, DMK and other parties trooped into the well, raising slogans in support of their demand.
Leaders of 16 opposition parties met here on Monday morning to coordinate their joint strategy in the House on the Adani issue and held a protest in Parliament premises demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the matter.
Among the parties that participated in the meeting held in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge were the Congress, DMK, NCP, BRS, JDU, SP, CPM, CPI, JMM, RLD, RSP, AAP, IUML, RJD and Shiv Sena.
Trinamool Congress members skipped the meeting of opposition leaders but joined the protests by opposition leaders outside Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex.
Raising slogans, opposition MPs held a banner that read "we demand JPC or SC monitored probe on Adani scandal".
In the Rajya Sabha, similar scenes were witnessed when the House met for the day this morning. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar disallowed the adjournment notices moved by the Opposition parties on the Adani group issue. Following this, Congress, TMC, DMK, Samajwadi Party, Shiv Sena (UBT), Left and other opposition members created noisy scenes.
Dhankhar said, the nation is looking at the members and the House is not working as per their expectations. He appealed to the members to allow the House to take up the scheduled business. As the uproar continued, the Chairman adjourned the House till 2 pm.
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