Lok Sabha adjourns thrice on Women's Bill issue

New Delhi, Mar 9 (PTI) Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian
Parliament) was adjourned thrice on Tuesday following
unrelenting protests by Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Janata
Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) members over the
Women's Reservation Bill.
Noisy scenes began as soon as the House assembled at
noon after two adjournments during the Question Hour, with
members of these parties rushing to the Well.
Amid vociferous protests, Speaker Meira Kumar directed
that papers be tabled in the House.
The protestors continued raising slogans like 'Mahila
Bill Wapas Lo' (withdraw women's bill), 'utho dalit, pichhde,
musalman, milkar banao Hindustan (dalits, backwards and
Muslims rise, unite to build the country) and 'Congress, BJP
ki ghazab ki yaari, sabki maari hissedari' (Congress, BJP
strange bedfellows, they have prevented participation of all
sections).
The SP, RJD members were soon joined in the Well by their
leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad. Some JD(U)
members including Mangni Lal Mandal and Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Lallan were also seen protesting.
With the din continuing, the Speaker adjourned the House
till 1400 hours after the papers were laid.
The members of the three parties were demanding that the
bill should earmark quotas for Dalits, OBCs and Muslims. PTI
ARC
SDE