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Raja out,
but parliament standoff on 2G continues
Monday November 15, 2010 03:11:17 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The standoff between opposition and treasury benches continued in
parliament Monday amid demands for a joint parliamentary committee
(JPC) probe into alleged corruption in the 2G spectrum scam that
forced DMK leader A. Raja to quit as communications and IT
minister.
Both houses of parliament were adjourned till Tuesday after MPs
reassembled following s three-day holiday and a day of adjournment
on Thursday.
Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the Lok Sabha as Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) MPs joined by AIADMK members chanted: "We want JPC!"
-- a JPC that would look into the alleged scam that is said to
have caused a loss of Rs.1.76 lakh crore to the national
exchequer.
The speaker first tried to convince the protesting MPs to allow
the question hour. As slogan shouting continued, she tried to
ignore the noisy protests and ordered that the questions listed
for the day be raised.
However, as the noise grew, the speaker adjourned the house till
noon just five minutes after the house resumed at 11 a.m.
In the Rajya Sabha, the scene was no different, forcing Chairman
Hamid Ansari to adjourn the upper house till 12 noon after similar
protests.
But with no respite, both houses were later adjourned until
Tuesday.
The government had hoped that the opposition would allow
parliament to function after Raja resigned as the minister Sunday
night.
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