By PTI
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha proceedings were on Tuesday adjourned till 2 pm following opposition protests over price rise and the Goods and Services Tax on some essential commodities.
As soon as the House assembled at 11 am, Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to soldiers who laid down their lives during the Kargil war.
He said July 26 is observed as ‘Kargil Vijay Divas’ and the nation is indebted to the brave soldiers of the nation.
As soon as he offered tributes, opposition members started protests against the price rise and GST rate hike on some essential commodities.
The opposition members were carrying placards and shouting slogans against the Modi government and came to the well.
Birla appealed to the members not to disrupt the House proceedings.
However, the opposition ignored the appeal and continued the protests following which the speaker adjourned proceedings.
The opposition has been protesting ever since the Monsoon Session of Parliament began on July 18.
Four Congress MPs were on Monday suspended for rest of the session for protests and carrying placards inside the House.
Four Congress Lok Sabha MPs on Tuesday held a protest in Parliament premises against their suspension from the House for the rest of the session and were joined by leaders of various opposition parties.
Alleging that their suspension amounted to “murder of democracy”, the suspended MPs, Manickam Tagore, Ramya Haridas, T N Prathapan and S Jothi Mani, staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament complex.
In a show of solidarity, leaders of Left parties, NCP, DMK and the Congress joined them in the protest and raised slogans against the government.
The four Congress Lok Sabha members were suspended for the rest of the session on Monday after Speaker Om Birla took a stern view of the continuous disruptions by opposition MPs since the beginning of the Monsoon Session.
Terming the action against its MPs as a “blot on democracy”, an angry Congress had alleged that the government was trying to “intimidate” it for raising people’s issues and said it would not be cowed down.
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha proceedings were on Tuesday adjourned till 2 pm following opposition protests over price rise and the Goods and Services Tax on some essential commodities.
As soon as the House assembled at 11 am, Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to soldiers who laid down their lives during the Kargil war.
He said July 26 is observed as ‘Kargil Vijay Divas’ and the nation is indebted to the brave soldiers of the nation.
As soon as he offered tributes, opposition members started protests against the price rise and GST rate hike on some essential commodities.
The opposition members were carrying placards and shouting slogans against the Modi government and came to the well.
Birla appealed to the members not to disrupt the House proceedings.
However, the opposition ignored the appeal and continued the protests following which the speaker adjourned proceedings.
The opposition has been protesting ever since the Monsoon Session of Parliament began on July 18.
Four Congress MPs were on Monday suspended for rest of the session for protests and carrying placards inside the House.
Four Congress Lok Sabha MPs on Tuesday held a protest in Parliament premises against their suspension from the House for the rest of the session and were joined by leaders of various opposition parties.
Alleging that their suspension amounted to “murder of democracy”, the suspended MPs, Manickam Tagore, Ramya Haridas, T N Prathapan and S Jothi Mani, staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament complex.
In a show of solidarity, leaders of Left parties, NCP, DMK and the Congress joined them in the protest and raised slogans against the government.
The four Congress Lok Sabha members were suspended for the rest of the session on Monday after Speaker Om Birla took a stern view of the continuous disruptions by opposition MPs since the beginning of the Monsoon Session.
Terming the action against its MPs as a “blot on democracy”, an angry Congress had alleged that the government was trying to “intimidate” it for raising people’s issues and said it would not be cowed down.
