NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha could not transact any business on Monday as the opposition kept demanding a probe by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) into the allegations against the Adani Group and revocation of the suspension of Congress MP Rajani Patil. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar adjourned the House till March 13 saying he was constrained to do so due to “persistent” and “deliberate” disruptions.
“Let us not ridicule this temple to that level… ,” he said after naming six MPs from opposition parties for causing disruptions in the House despite his appeals. He said things “can be done in one second”. “You know it. I do not want to do it. If I took a step yesterday, it was with a heavy heart,” he said while referring to the suspension of the Congress MP.
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Monday for a month-long recess and will reconvene on March 13.
Dhankar also recorded his unhappiness at the leader of opposition and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge for alleging that the government was putting pressure on the chair. “LoP, you’ve indicated in so many words that the Chair is acting under pressure. These words are expunged. You are forfeiting your right to hold the floor of the House…,” he added.
Responding to Congress MPs who asked him to rethink his decision to suspend the party lawmaker last week for recording a video in the House, Dhankhar said he had taken the most “lenient course” in the matter. Leader of the House Piyush Goyal asked the opposition to apologise for disrupting PM Narendra Modi’s reply to the discussion on the President’s address.
Dhankhar said deliberate obstruction was being made and this was not the way to run the House. “We’ve already wasted a lot of time. If the House is subjected to such disruption, I will be constrained to act as per the expectation of people,” he said. Earlier, when he permitted Kharge to speak, several members from the treasury benches started raising slogans. Kharge’s remarks were expunged by the chair.
“Let us not ridicule this temple to that level… ,” he said after naming six MPs from opposition parties for causing disruptions in the House despite his appeals. He said things “can be done in one second”. “You know it. I do not want to do it. If I took a step yesterday, it was with a heavy heart,” he said while referring to the suspension of the Congress MP.
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Monday for a month-long recess and will reconvene on March 13.
Dhankar also recorded his unhappiness at the leader of opposition and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge for alleging that the government was putting pressure on the chair. “LoP, you’ve indicated in so many words that the Chair is acting under pressure. These words are expunged. You are forfeiting your right to hold the floor of the House…,” he added.
Responding to Congress MPs who asked him to rethink his decision to suspend the party lawmaker last week for recording a video in the House, Dhankhar said he had taken the most “lenient course” in the matter. Leader of the House Piyush Goyal asked the opposition to apologise for disrupting PM Narendra Modi’s reply to the discussion on the President’s address.
Dhankhar said deliberate obstruction was being made and this was not the way to run the House. “We’ve already wasted a lot of time. If the House is subjected to such disruption, I will be constrained to act as per the expectation of people,” he said. Earlier, when he permitted Kharge to speak, several members from the treasury benches started raising slogans. Kharge’s remarks were expunged by the chair.
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