Parliament Rendered Useless as Cong Protests Over National Herald
Sonia and Rahul summoned in National Herald case, Cong MPs enter the well to disrupt parliament proceedings.
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The Parliament was adjourned without progress in any of the issues scheduled to be discussed on Tuesday, as Congress members entered the well to disrupt proceedings.
The Patiala House Court in Delhi has summoned the Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, among others, named in the National Herald case to appear in the court on December 19.
Both the Houses were repeatedly adjourned before the final adjournment, minutes past 3 pm, as the Congress members were unrelenting in their protest.
Lok Sabha
In Lok Sabha, the TMC joined Congress in the protest against “political vendetta”.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, while asking the protesting members to go to their seats, took up the Question Hour, but adjourned after half an hour for 30 minutes due to the uproar.
“Down with dictatorship... Vendetta politics won’t work,” the Congress members shouted under Gandhi’s guidance.
Rajya Sabha
Similar scenes were witnessed in Rajya Sabha, which was adjourned four times and finally till 2 pm.
As Congress members continued raising slogans like “dictatorship will not be allowed”, members in the treasury benches countered them and hit back with slogans like “chor machaye shor” (thieves making noise).
Chairman Hamid Ansari’s repeated pleas to allow the Question Hour to function remained unheard, after which he adjourned the House till 12:30 pm.
When the House reassembled, the Congress members again stormed the well, raising slogans.
Ansari’s pleas to allow the Question Hour to function fell on deaf ears as the protesting members continued with their sloganeering. He then adjourned the House till 2 pm.