New Delhi, November 28 (IANS). Rajya Sabha proceedings could not run smoothly even on Thursday. Opposition MPs demanded discussion on the violence in Manipur and Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh. There was a huge uproar in the House when permission was not granted. As the uproar increased, the proceedings of the House were adjourned till Friday.
This is the third consecutive day in the winter session when opposition MPs are raising their demands in the House for discussion on topics like Manipur and Sambhal violence. As soon as the Rajya Sabha proceedings began on Thursday, the opposition again put forward this demand before the Chairman. The opposition MPs wanted to adjourn all other proceedings of the House and discuss these issues under Rule 267. The Chairman once again rejected this demand. After this, the opposition MPs started creating ruckus in the House regarding their demand. Due to the uproar, the proceedings of the House had to be adjourned till 12 noon on Thursday.
Even when the proceedings of the House resumed after the adjournment, the uproar continued. Due to this tremendous uproar, the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till Friday. Earlier, amid the uproar in the Rajya Sabha, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar appealed to the MPs to allow the proceedings of the House to continue and allow productive discussions. Regarding the demand of the opposition, he said that he has already given his decision regarding the discussion under Rule 267. The Chairman said that the demand for discussion under Rule 267 cannot be accepted. However, opposition parties like Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Trinamool Congress, Left Party and DMK remained adamant on discussion under Rule 267. Many of these opposition MPs had also given notice to the Chairman to discuss issues like Sambhal and Manipur violence.
Opposition MPs wanted this discussion to be held under Rule 267. When discussion takes place under Rule 267, all other proceedings of the House are adjourned. Along with this, there is also a provision for voting after discussion in this rule. At the same time, the Chairman requested the opposition MPs present in the Rajya Sabha to have a productive discussion. Let important work related to the house get done. But the opposition MPs did not agree to this. They stood at their places and started demanding discussion and raising slogans. Due to this, a situation of uproar arose in the House. Seeing the uproar, the Chairman adjourned the proceedings of the House till Friday.
–IANS
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