Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned adjourned till Monday after continued ruckus by Opposition

The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were on Friday adjourned for the day as the opposition created a ruckus over the Lalit Modi issue and the Vyapam scam. The Monsoon Session has so far been plagued by chaos over the Vyapam scam and Lalit Modi controversy, with an unrelenting opposition leading to noisy scenes and repeated adjournments.

24 July 2015

14:39 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day till Monday after continued ruckus.​

13:51 PM

Taking on Gadkari for threatening to file criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Ghulam Nabi Azad says, "If we file a defamation case against everything what BJP has said against Congress, then there would be large number of cases against the ruling party."

Commenting on the ongoing ruckus inside the Parliament, Azad says, "We want a discussion on the actions taken by PM Narendra Modi for the people involved in Lalitgate and Vyapam scam."

13:12 PM

Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh dubs the ongoing deadlock in the Parliament over the controversy surrounding former IPL chief Lalit Modi and the Vyapam scam as 'extremely unfortunate' and hoped that the Congress and other opposition members would take up some responsibility and live up to the expectations of the people.

12:09 PM

Rajya Sabha convenes after 1 hour of adjournment, however, the Upper House was again adjourned till 2:30 pm after repeated disruptions by the opposition parties demanding the resignations of Sushma Swaraj and the chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

11:56 AM

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari threatens to file criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, if the Congress vice president fails to apologise for his wrong allegations against External Affairs Minsiter Sushma Swaraj over Lalitgate.

Backing his party colleague, the BJP leader asserts, Sushmaji has done nothing wrong. 

"Sushma ji has not done anything wrong. She has not done anything against Constitution or against the law. Congress is upset and frustrated because of election loss, that is why they are making these baseless accusations and misleading people," Gadkari says.

11:36 AM

Home Minister Rajnath Singh insists the government's is ready for a debate on any issue. The Opposition is, however, running away and causing washout of Parliament sittings, adds Singh.

11:32 AM

Commenting on the protest held by BJP MPs, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati says instead of staging sit-in, the ruling party should take action against its leaders who have violated tthe Constitution.

Mayawati says the entire Opposition is united in demanding resignation of Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje.

When asked to speak on the issue of continuous disruption of Parliament session, the BSP chief says first ruling party should take action and then only discussion will take place.

11:09 AM

Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon after heated exchanges between Opposition, Treasury benches over Lalit Modi, Vyapam and other issues.

The BJP and Congress members clash after Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad blames the ruling party for being a stumbling block in the functioning of Parliament.

As the treasury benches led by Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Piyush Goyal protest and blame opposition for the stalemate, Congress members too angrily react by moving into aisles and shouting slogans.

Sensing trouble, Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien adjourns the House till 1200 hours.

11:03 AM

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourns House till Monday after Opposition members raise slogans against Modi government over Lalitgate and Vyapam scam.

11:02 AM

Parliament resumes, Congress MPs raise slogans against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over Lalitgate row.

10:53 AM

Ahead of the Parliament session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets senior BJP leaders to deliberate on the future course of action keeping in view Opposition's unrelenting stand over Lalitgate.

10:37 AM

SAD leader Naresh Gujral says is it very strange that Congress, which is embroiled in corruption talks of clean politics.

10:36 AM

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar hits out at Congress for creating ruckus in Parliament says, "Why is Congress running away from a debate, something which they had asked for?"

10:29 AM

BJP MPs stage sit-in near Gandhi Statue in the Parliament complex protesting Congress' 'obstructionist attitude'.

While speaking to a news channel, BJP leader and Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman justifies BJPs protest saying that when the Opposition is now allowing Parliament to function what can the MPs do who have want some discussion on serious topics.

09:54 AM

MoS Minority Affairs and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slams Congress for continuous disruption of Parliament sittings, says, "The electorate rejected you (Congress) in 2014 Lok Sabha polls, so why are you venting your anger on us."

09:00 AM

The logjam between the opposition and the Modi government over the resignations of a union minister and two chief ministers is expected to cripple functioning of Parliament for the fourth straight day on Friday..

On Thursday both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha witnessed turmoil for the third day running as the Congress and other opposition parties joined hands to target the government.

The government upped its ante by firing yet another salvo at the Congress, accusing Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh of receiving bribe in the garb of unsecured loan.

The ruling BJP also moved a privilege motion in the Lok Sabha against Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, over his comments in a Facebook post.

A move to break the three-day-old deadlock in Parliament was a non-starter with Congress refusing to participate in an all-party meeting called by Leader of Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley yesterday.

Amid the logjam in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today exhorted MPs to air their views freely on national issues irrespective of party affiliations as he noted that the world is closely observing the decisions that are taken in India.

Government's Parliament managers reached out to Opposition leaders such as Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury, JD-U's Sharad Yadav, BSP chief Mayawati and Trinamool Congress' Rajya Sabha chief Derek O'Brien and requested them to join an informal meeting with Jaitley.