Winter session begins and Congress resumes its business of Adjournments

New Delhi, December 15: As soon as the winter session begins in Parliament, Congress also begins making chaos and disruptions with an aim to force the adjournment of proceedings in house. Today also continuing the same pattern, Congress members forced the adjournment of proceedings in the Rajya Sabha by raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's and protesting on his remarks at an election rally in Gujarat against former PM Manmohan Singh.

 

As soon as the House reassembled to take up the Question Hour, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad raised the issue of PM Modi’s remark at an election rally in Gujarat targeting former PM Manmohan Singh over a dinner meeting with Pakistani diplomats.

Later talking to media, Congress senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the Congress Party has given a notice under rule 267 that seeks of setting aside of the listed business to take up discussion on the serious matter. He said the Prime Minister must come to the house and give proof of what he said or he must apologize not only to the house but to the whole nation.

However, Chairman Venkaiah Naidu said that the adjournment notice has not been accepted by him and further insisted that the House takes up the Question Hour. But the Congress member continued their uproar which led the house adjourned.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his election rally in Gujarat alleged that Congress conspiring with Pakistan to force its candidate in Gujarat.

Importantly, the house today witnessed two adjournments since the morning of the first day of the Winter Session. While it saw an adjournment for 20 minutes till noon in the beginning after opposition uproar over the disqualification of rebel JD-U leaders Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar Ansari, the second one was over the Prime Minister's remarks.