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Uproar in Lok Sabha over Ayodhya case; House adjourned
New Delhi, July 21: The monsoon session of Lok Sabha today got off to a stormy start with the entire Opposition demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Vajpayee creating a ruckus and forcing adjournment of the House over CBI dropping the charge of criminal conspiracy against Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
New Delhi, July 21: The monsoon session of Lok Sabha today got off to a stormy start with the entire Opposition demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee creating a ruckus and forcing adjournment of the House over CBI dropping the charge of criminal conspiracy against Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
As the House met for the day agitated Opposition members
were up in arms alleging that Vajpayee had "pressurised" CBI
for dropping the conspiracy charge under Section 120 (B) of
Indian Penal Code against Advani and Joshi and others,
including Uma Bharti and VHP leader Ashok Singhal.
Opposition, which had planned to move an adjournment motion, stormed the well during the question hour shouting anti-government slogans and demanding dismissal of Advani and Joshi, forcing Speaker Manohar Joshi to first adjourn the House for two hours.
A similar scene prevailed after the House reassembled at 1400 hours with the members trooping into the well shouting slogans that Vajpayee should resign.
Finding the members in an unrelenting mood, Deputy Speaker P M Sayeed adjourned the House for the day.
In the din, Deputy Speaker P M Sayeed asked members to lay papers listed in their name in the day's business.
Earlier, the Speaker rejected the demands for suspension of question hour to discuss the issue.
Quoting a letter from Law Minister Arun Jaitley, he said "CBI has not diluted any case, dropped any charge against any accused person. Section 120(B) was never a charge in the Rae Bareilly chargesheet and the question of dropping it does not arise."
Opposition, which had planned to move an adjournment motion, stormed the well during the question hour shouting anti-government slogans and demanding dismissal of Advani and Joshi, forcing Speaker Manohar Joshi to first adjourn the House for two hours.
A similar scene prevailed after the House reassembled at 1400 hours with the members trooping into the well shouting slogans that Vajpayee should resign.
Finding the members in an unrelenting mood, Deputy Speaker P M Sayeed adjourned the House for the day.
In the din, Deputy Speaker P M Sayeed asked members to lay papers listed in their name in the day's business.
Earlier, the Speaker rejected the demands for suspension of question hour to discuss the issue.
Quoting a letter from Law Minister Arun Jaitley, he said "CBI has not diluted any case, dropped any charge against any accused person. Section 120(B) was never a charge in the Rae Bareilly chargesheet and the question of dropping it does not arise."
The Speaker said since the matter had not been dropped by
the government, the information with the members was not
correct.
The agitated Opposition members moved into the well as
soon as the Speaker asked the Law Minister to clarify the
government's position on the issue.
As Jaitley rose to speak, the Opposition members shouted
"No, no" and requested the Speaker to give a ruling as he was
their "custodian."
Joshi later rejected the notices of adjournment motions
on the issue and some other issues including flood situation
in the country.
Bureau Report