New Delhi: At a time when the Ram Mandir issue failed to reap any electoral benefit for the BJP, its ally Shiv Sena continued to raise the issue in a bid to corner the government. On Wednesday, Shiv Sena moved an adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha over the Ram Mandir bill issue. On the other hand, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned following protests by AIADMK and DMK over Cauvery issue.
The Trinamul Congress meanwhile alleged that the government was fielding its “ally” from Tamil Nadu to stall Parliament proceedings after both the Houses faced adjournments due to protests by AIADMK and DMK members over the Cauvery issue. The two Houses of Parliament were adjourned without transacting much business.
Wednesday was the second day of the Winter Session. On the first day on Tuesday, both Houses were adjourned after paying obituary to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Union minister Ananth Kumar.
In the Rajya Sabha, the National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities (Amendment) Bill was passed amid slogan shouting by Opposition members.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day just afternoon following protests by Opposition members on various issues, including the Rafale deal, construction of Ram Temple and Cauvery river water.
Immediately after the House re-convened at noon, Congress, Shiv Sena, TDP and AIADMK members trooped into the well with placards and started shouting slogans in support of their demands.
Similar scenes were earlier witnessed when Question Hour began after obituary references to former MPs.
Congress members were demanding a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal while Shiv Sena MPs staged protests demanding immediate construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Members belonging to the AIADMK raised slogans demanding justice for Tamil Nadu farmers living along the Cauvery delta and TDP members demanded a railway zone at Vishkhapatnam.
As the ruckus continued, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House for the day.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice in the pre-lunch period and for the day around 2.15 pm as the two main political parties of Tamil Nadu — the AIADMK and DMK — staged protests on the Cauvery river issue.
