Uproar over petrol, diesel price hike; Par adjourned till noon

New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI) The hike in petrol and diesel rates
united the entire opposition in the Indian Parliament on
Tuesday forcing adjournment of both Houses till noon minutes
after they assembled for the day.
It was trouble from the word go in Lok Sabha(Lower House)
and Rajya Sabha(Upper House) which saw opposition members on
their feet demanding rollback of the petrol and diesel price
hike that resulted from Indian Finance Minister Pranab
Mukherjee's Budget proposals.
In the Lok Sabha, opposition parties, including Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Left parties,
Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and others,
were on their feet as soon as the House met for the day. They
were protesting against rise in prices of essential
commodities.
SP members trooped into the well and raised slogans. They
were joined by BJP members who shouted, "Yeh sarkar nikammi
hai (This government is incompetent)" and "jo sarkar nikammi
hai woh sarkar badalni hai (An incompetent government needs to
be changed)".
Amid the din, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the
House till 12 noon. (MORE) PTI