Both houses of parliament witness adjournments
NEW DELHI, Aug 7 (PTI): Lok Sabha was on Thursday adjourned till 12 noon due to noisy protests by opposition parties demanding a discussion on the voter roll revision in Bihar and other issues.
When the House met at 11 am, opposition MPs, including those from the Congress, were on their feet, raising slogans and showing placards with their demand for discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Initially Speaker Om Birla tried to continue the business of the House — Question Hour — by allowing members to ask questions related to the Smart City Mission.
Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned on Thursday till 2 pm following protests by Opposition members over the rejection of their 25 adjournment notices on various issues.
Soon after laying of listed papers and reports during the morning session (Zero Hour), Deputy Chairman Harivansh said he has received 25 notices from members under Rule 267 for adjourning the scheduled business of the day and for taking up their issues.
However, he rejected all of them, stating they did not meet the requirement of Rule 267.
