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No-trust move in limbo
The proceedings in Parliament were washed out for the 13th consecutive day on Wednesday as members of some parties like the AIADMK and TRS continued their noisy protests, with the Lok Sabha unable to take up the notices of no-confidence motion against the government for the fourth day.
New Delhi: The proceedings in Parliament were washed out for the 13th consecutive day on Wednesday as members of some parties like the AIADMK and TRS continued their noisy protests, with the Lok Sabha unable to take up the notices of no-confidence motion against the government for the fourth day.
While the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day without transacting any business barely four minutes after it assembled, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon and thereafter for the day due to the protests by parties from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu adjourned the Rajya Sabha in four minutes after the start of proceedings as members of Andhra parties, including TDP, and KVP Ramachandra Rao of the Congress trooped into the Well raising slogans seeking a special status for the state.
No sooner were the listed papers laid on the table, the members of Tamil Nadu parties - DMK and AIADMK - too walked into the Well demanding immediate constitution of the Cauvery Water Management Board for river water sharing between their state and Karnataka. Congress members too joined them in the Well shouting slogans against the government.
Leader of the opposition and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad sought a discussion on the atrocities against the SCs and STs as well as on the statement of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on the killing of 39 abducted Indians in Iraq. He said the House should debate the statement Swaraj made last year and what she stated on Tuesday.
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu asked him to give proper notice for the same and told the members to allow the House to function. "What is happening. Are we so helpless," he asked. "Go back to your respective seats and raise issues," Naidu said, adding he was willing to allow members to raise issues from their seat and asked them not to shout slogans.
Asking if the MPs wanted images of disruption to be seen by the nation, he said "is this Parliament or something else? ... I am sorry this is not the way." Thereafter, he adjourned the proceedings for the day.
This is for the third day that Naidu has adjourned the proceedings for the day right after the House assembled. Yesterday, the Chairman had called it a day right after Swaraj had made a statement on the issue of abducted Indians in Iraq.
Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have not transacted any substantial business since the Budget session of Parliament resumed on March 5, barring the passage of the budget by the Lower House without any debate.
