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Assam violence leads to uproar, parliament
adjourned till noon
Wednesday August 08, 2012 12:16:50 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Both houses
of parliament were adjourned Wednesday after members raised an
uproar over the Assam violence, the Telangana statehood issue and
the desecration of a statue of B.R. Ambedkar on the first day of
the monsoon session.
In the Lok Sabha, the opposition National Democratic Alliance
moved an adjournment motion on the ethnic violence in Assam that
has claimed over 70 lives.
Soon after the Lok Sabha met at 11 a.m. Speaker Meira Kumar took
up the day's agenda, but the opposition members were on their feet
demanding an immediate discussion on the violence in Assam.
The
lone Bodoland Peoples Front MP S.K. Bwiswmuthiary raised the issue
and was supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The members
trooped to near the speaker's podium holding placards. The Telangana MPs were also on their feet demanding the statehood
issue be taken up.
Meira Kumar said she had accepted the adjournment motion. She then
adjourned the house amid the din.
In the Rajya Sabha, soon after the obituary references were over,
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati stood up to raise the issue of
a statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar being vandalized in Uttar
Pradesh.
"This is an insult to Baba Saheb," Mayawati said.
Members from other opposition parties were also on their feet
raising issues, including the Assam violence. The BJP had given a
notice for adjourning the question hour to discuss the violence in
Assam.
Chairman Hamid Ansari asked the the members to raise the issue in
zero hour.
However, as the din continued, the
upper house was adjourned till 12 noon.
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