The Lok Sabha was adjourned till Friday following uproar over missing coal block files and protest over Telangana issue
Amidst a high drama over suspension of 11 members of Palirament (MPs), the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Indian Parliament was adjourned for the day on Thursday. This was triggered by minister for parliamentary affairs Kamal Nath when he brought a motion to suspend 11 MPs from Andhra Pradesh.
The MPs, including seven from Congress and four from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were being suspended for protesting over the Telangana issue. However, an aggressive Opposition scuttled the move.
Hell broke loose as soon as Kamal Nath moved the motion to suspend seven Congress and four TDP members for disturbing the proceedings regularly since the beginning of the Monsoon session from 5th August. "Unfortunately, the House has not been able to function since the beginning of this session in light of the protests by these members," he said.
Nath brought the motion as TDP members were in the Well protesting division of Andhra Pradesh, repeating the scenes witnessed ever since the session began. Immediately, members of almost the entire opposition were on their feet, vociferously protesting the motion.
Kalyan Banerjee (TMC) stormed the Well as several members angrily shouted 'No, No' in disapproval of the motion.
N Sivaprasad, an agitating TDP member who was in the Well and is among those named by Nath, took out a whip while his party colleague M Venugopala Reddy tried to pull down microphones on the Speaker's podium.
Later, a Congress member who was among those named also stormed the Well along with his agitating party colleagues. He too tried to pull down the microphones. However, alert Lok Sabha staff prevented it.
In the midst of ruckus, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the House at around 12:15pm for nearly 30 minutes.
When the House reassembled, it was adjourned for the day as commotion continued.
In the process, consideration of the much-touted Food Security Bill, slated to be taken up today, was again scuttled. The Land Acquisition Bill, another crucial legislation was also listed on the day's agenda.
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