New Delhi: The Congress and Trinamool Congress-led Opposition on Wednesday walked out of the Lok Sabha as their demand for an obituary reference on the soldiers who died in the terror attack on an Army camp in Jammu was rejected by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on the grounds that final details were yet to emerge.
The Opposition also forced two adjournments in Rajya Sabha over the same demand that the Upper House condoles the killing of 25 armymen since the surgical strikes and the death of 82 people due to post-demonetisation hardships.
Rejecting the government’s offer for a discussion on the situation along the border and resuming the debate on the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, Opposition members in Rajya Sabha trooped into the Well shouting anti-government slogans, forcing deputy chairman P.J. Kurien to adjourn the proceedings till noon.
When the House reassembled at noon, the uproar continued and the Question Hour could not be taken up, forcing chairman Hamid Ansari to adjourn the proceedings till 2pm. It was adjourned for the day soon after it reconvened at 2pm.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned for nearly 40 minutes till noon after the Opposition created a din over its demand for an adjournment motion on the demonetisation issue, as soon the House met for the day. Leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, raised the issue. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan initially thought he was raising the issue of allowing the Opposition to bring an adjournment motion on the demonetisation.
