Chairman Hamid Ansari remarked that the Question Hour has been converted into 'Grievance Hour' and asked members to take up Question Hour.
Soon BSP members too joined the slogan shouting as they moved into the aisles. TMC and JD-U members too were on their feet demanding packages for West Bengal and Bihar.
Ansari asked members not to come to the Well. Though members did not move into the Well, the slogan shouting continued, forcing him to adjourn the House till noon.
Earlier, the House mourned the death of former member Parvathi Krishnan on February 20 at the age of 94 years.
A trade union worker, Krishnan represented the state of Madras (now Tamil Nadu) in the Upper House from April 1954 to March 1957.
Uproar in RS over special economic package for 7 states
New Delhi: Opposition parties today created uproar in Rajya Sabha demanding special economic package for seven most backward states including Bihar, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh, leading to adjournment of the House till noon.Raising the issue,
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