BJP-SP scuffle over Liberhan report, unruly scenes in RS

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Upper House of Indian Parliament,
Rajya Sabha Tuesday witnessed a scuffle between Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party members amid slogan
shouting soon after Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram tabled
the Liberhan Commission report on the demolition of Babri
Masjid.
As the Home Minister rose up to lay a copy of the report
during Zero Hour, the BJP members started chanting "Jai
Sriram".
This infuriated SP member Amar Singh who led his party
colleagues to BJP senior member S S Ahluwalia in the front row
and pounced upon him by catching his collar.
Singh and Ahluwalia were separated by their party
colleagues.
The unruly scene upset Deputy Chairman K Rahman Khan so
much that he left the Chair without even announcing the
adjournment of the House.
After Singh and SP members went back to their seats, they
shouted counter slogans "Ya Ali. Ya Ali".
The House was adjourned till 1400 hours (IST). PTI AMR
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