The adjournment for the day was announced by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan soon after the House resumed business at noon for the Zero Hour after two consecutive adjournments forced by the opposition members who stormed the Well and raised slogans.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that Congress was resorting to a specific tactic in order to create ruckus on the floor of the House, and brought proof to claim that the party had planned this in advance.
The minister was responding to a supplementary question by Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who asked if the central government was planning to modify the CrPC and IPC to deal with mob lynching.
Opposition parties raked up the issues of mob lynching and continuing suicides by farmers as they sought to corner the government on the third day of the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament.
Proceedings on the second day of the Lok Sabha ended with adjournment for the day today after opposition parties created a ruckus on the floor of the House over several issues.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today said she will resign from the Rajya Sabha today as she was not allowed raise the issue of Saharanpur riots, which occurred in Uttar Pradesh earlier this year
Congress leaders today deliberated on a strategy for the Monsoon session of Parliament during which the party is likely to raise a host of issues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted Opposition members, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, in the Lok Sabha before the start of proceedings at the beginning of Parliament's monsoon session
Opposition is all set to raise the heat on the government over issues like lynching incidents and vigilantism, the Kashmir situation and the border stand-off with China during the monsoon session of Parliament
It is also expected that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will discuss the name of its Vice-Presidential nominee during their Parliamentary party executive meeting in the evening
There are also 16 old bills which the government wants to pass in Rajya Sabha, and around nine old bills that have to be passed by the Lok Sabha.
Sources said the session, which usually commences in the last week of July, is set to be advanced this year due to the presidential polls.
The monsoon session of Parliament will commence on July 17 and end on August 11.
Both Houses of Parliament have been adjourned sine die. The Houses transact significant legislative business by passing the long-pending Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill and adopting unanimous resolution on Kashmir.
New Delhi: The crucial monsoon session of parliament begins today with the government in an optimistic mood over the possibility of passage of Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill. During an all party meet convened
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has expressed confidence that the much-delayed GST Bill will be passed in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, beginning later this month.
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