Both houses were adjourned for noon within minutes. No business was transacted as the BJP members demanded an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The Opposition parties in both Houses kept pushing for their demand for a JPC probe. As the Houses assembled in the morning for the day.
Both Houses witnessed a ruckus, with the Lok Sabha adjourning within three minutes and the Rajya Sabha within four minutes of assembling till 2 pm as the Opposition and Treasury Benches vociferously stuck to their respective demands.
As the proceedings got underway, the TMC members gathered in the Wells of both Houses with their mouths covered with a black cloth.
Amid the BJP’s demand for an apology from Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader met with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking permission to speak in the Lok Sabha.
Addressing the media after Parliament was adjourned for the day, the former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, “I went to Parliament this morning with the idea of putting forward what I have said or what I feel on the floor of the House. Four ministers have raised allegations against me in Parliament House.
It is my right to be allowed to speak on the floor of the House. Rahul concluded.
