Repeated adjournments stall Parliament

New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) A host of issues, ranging from
price rise to demand for dismissal of Mayawati government and
immediate execution of Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru stalled
Indian Parliament on the second day of the Monsoon session
on Tuesday.
It was trouble from the beginning in both Lok Sabha
(lower house of Parliament) and Rajya Sabha (upper house) as
opposition Bhartiya Janata Party members in the Upper House
and those from the Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party and
Shiv Sena in the Lower House raised several issues
simultaneously by storming the well.
Both the Houses were first adjourned for nearly an
hour till noon and then till 2 PM because of the ruckus.
BJP members, led by M Venkaiah Naidu, made a strong
pitch in the Rajya Sabha for suspension of Question Hour to
discuss price rise. Inflation in June stood at 9.44 per cent.
In the Lok Sabha, SP members trooped into the well
seeking dismissal of the Mayawati government in poll-bound
central Indian state Uttar Pradesh for committing atrocities
against farmers.
Members of BSP, whose government in UP is in the dock
over the issue of land acquisition, followed suit by carrying
placards, blaming Congress-led government for the poor
conditions of the peasantry. They demanded immediate passage
of the Land Acquisition Bill.
Shiv Sena MPs stormed the well raising slogans
demanding that Mumbai terror attack culprit Ajmal Kasab and
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru be hanged immediately.
With the session being the first after the July 13
bomb blasts in Mumbai, the Sena members raised the issue of
security in the financial capital of the country.
It was the first working day of the Lok Sabha as it
was adjourned yesterday after paying homage to sitting member
and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal. The Rajya Sabha
was rocked on Monday over the 2G issue.