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LS rocked on Telangana issue, House adjourned sine die
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) The Lok Sabha (Lower House of
Indian Parliament) was rocked for the fourth consecutive day
Friday by the Telangana issue, with members in favour of the
separate state and those opposing it disrupting the
proceedings.
The House could function barely for about 55 minutes
during which legislative business was rushed through with five
important bills being passed and two others introduced amid
din.
The bills passed included one on raising Salaries and
Allowances of Ministers and another providing for creation of
commercial divisions of High Courts.
The entire Opposition, except Telugu Desam Party (TDP),
was agitated at the way the legislative business was rushed
through by House Speaker Meira Kumar and staged a walk-out.
The Lok Sabha was later adjourned sine die.
Pro-Telangana and pro-united Andhra Pradesh (southern
state) members engaged in vigorous slogan-shouting to press
their demands as soon as the House met for the day, a
repetition of the scenes witnessed during the last three days.
While four TDP members trooped into the well carrying
placards saying 'We want united AP', pro-Telangana Congress
party members held placards with 'Double standard, TDP down
down' written on them.
Chanting slogans 'December 9 is the black day', the TDP
members were demanding that Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram
should withdraw his announcement about creation of Telangana.
One of the six TDP members R Suresh was favouring creation
of Telangana and carried a placard which read 'Jai Telangana'.
Bodoland People's Front (BDF) member S K Bwiswmuthiary
also rushed into the well demanding separate state of
Bodoland.
Before adjourning the House sine die, the Speaker referred
to the disruptions caused by members over the Telangana issue
and hoped an amicable solution would be found to it.
"Ours is a democratic society, which, I am sure, can find
solutions to the most intractable problems," Kumar said,
adding, "The maturity and sagacity found in the democratic
political forces should help them discover rational approaches
to solving this problem."
Noting that democratic processes are "characterised by
the flexibility of approaches which are opposed to maximalist
positions on any matter", she said, "I hope such approaches
and attitudes will re-emerge in the coming days and the
democratic spirit of inclusiveness will re-assert in the state
of Andhra Pradesh."
As the Speaker rushed through legislative business amid
continued slogan-shouting, Left members Basudeb Acharia and
Gurudas Dasgupta were seen protesting and objecting.
Acharia was seen talking to Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam
Singh Yadav about his unhappiness and Dasgupta roped in Janata
Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav who in turn spoke to
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Deputy Leader Sushma Swaraj.
Thereafter, all their members were seen walking out but
not before Swaraj said it was not the way to pass the bills.
While walking out, Lalu Prasad shouted that proper method
was not being adopted to pass major legislations.
The Speaker, however, remained unfazed and continued with
the legislative business.
After all the papers listed were laid on the table and
the bills passed, Kumar made a customary statement on the
proceedings of this session and adjourned the House sine die.
Earlier, trouble started as soon as the House met for
the day, with TDP and Congress members creating uproar during
Question Hour over the demand for Telangana state and some
other issues, leading to its adjournment for nearly 40 minutes
till 12 PM IST.
As soon as the Speaker completed obituary references, TDP
members walked into the well with placards saying, "We want
United AP" and raised slogans.
The pro-Telangana Congress members, who also carried
placards saying 'Double Standards - TDP Down, Down', tried to
walk towards the well but were restrained by Parliamentary
Affairs Minister P K Bansal and later by his deputy V
Narayanasamy.
Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP) tried to raise some issue even as
his party colleague Toofani Saroj posed a supplementary
question to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Sharad Yadav (JD-U) and Basudeb Acharia (Communist Party
of India-Marxist) also tried to raise some issues but were not
audible in the din. PTI AKK
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Indian Parliament) was rocked for the fourth consecutive day
Friday by the Telangana issue, with members in favour of the
separate state and those opposing it disrupting the
proceedings.
The House could function barely for about 55 minutes
during which legislative business was rushed through with five
important bills being passed and two others introduced amid
din.
The bills passed included one on raising Salaries and
Allowances of Ministers and another providing for creation of
commercial divisions of High Courts.
The entire Opposition, except Telugu Desam Party (TDP),
was agitated at the way the legislative business was rushed
through by House Speaker Meira Kumar and staged a walk-out.
The Lok Sabha was later adjourned sine die.
Pro-Telangana and pro-united Andhra Pradesh (southern
state) members engaged in vigorous slogan-shouting to press
their demands as soon as the House met for the day, a
repetition of the scenes witnessed during the last three days.
While four TDP members trooped into the well carrying
placards saying 'We want united AP', pro-Telangana Congress
party members held placards with 'Double standard, TDP down
down' written on them.
Chanting slogans 'December 9 is the black day', the TDP
members were demanding that Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram
should withdraw his announcement about creation of Telangana.
One of the six TDP members R Suresh was favouring creation
of Telangana and carried a placard which read 'Jai Telangana'.
Bodoland People's Front (BDF) member S K Bwiswmuthiary
also rushed into the well demanding separate state of
Bodoland.
Before adjourning the House sine die, the Speaker referred
to the disruptions caused by members over the Telangana issue
and hoped an amicable solution would be found to it.
"Ours is a democratic society, which, I am sure, can find
solutions to the most intractable problems," Kumar said,
adding, "The maturity and sagacity found in the democratic
political forces should help them discover rational approaches
to solving this problem."
Noting that democratic processes are "characterised by
the flexibility of approaches which are opposed to maximalist
positions on any matter", she said, "I hope such approaches
and attitudes will re-emerge in the coming days and the
democratic spirit of inclusiveness will re-assert in the state
of Andhra Pradesh."
As the Speaker rushed through legislative business amid
continued slogan-shouting, Left members Basudeb Acharia and
Gurudas Dasgupta were seen protesting and objecting.
Acharia was seen talking to Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam
Singh Yadav about his unhappiness and Dasgupta roped in Janata
Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav who in turn spoke to
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Deputy Leader Sushma Swaraj.
Thereafter, all their members were seen walking out but
not before Swaraj said it was not the way to pass the bills.
While walking out, Lalu Prasad shouted that proper method
was not being adopted to pass major legislations.
The Speaker, however, remained unfazed and continued with
the legislative business.
After all the papers listed were laid on the table and
the bills passed, Kumar made a customary statement on the
proceedings of this session and adjourned the House sine die.
Earlier, trouble started as soon as the House met for
the day, with TDP and Congress members creating uproar during
Question Hour over the demand for Telangana state and some
other issues, leading to its adjournment for nearly 40 minutes
till 12 PM IST.
As soon as the Speaker completed obituary references, TDP
members walked into the well with placards saying, "We want
United AP" and raised slogans.
The pro-Telangana Congress members, who also carried
placards saying 'Double Standards - TDP Down, Down', tried to
walk towards the well but were restrained by Parliamentary
Affairs Minister P K Bansal and later by his deputy V
Narayanasamy.
Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP) tried to raise some issue even as
his party colleague Toofani Saroj posed a supplementary
question to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Sharad Yadav (JD-U) and Basudeb Acharia (Communist Party
of India-Marxist) also tried to raise some issues but were not
audible in the din. PTI AKK
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