Parliament adjourned for the day after uproar by AIADMK members

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Mar 02, 2016: Proceedings in the Parliament were adjourned on Tuesday following an uproar by AIADMK members over former finance minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram’s alleged involvement in the Aircel-Maxis scam. AIADMK members marched into the Well of the House and raised slogans against Karti, following which the Rajya Sabha was adjourned.

 

Earlier in the day, following the furore over Minister of State for Human Resource and Development Ram Shankar Katheria’s inflammatory rant against the Muslim community, the Congress moved an adjournment motion on the matter in the Rajya Sabha. However, Katheria cried foul saying that the charges against him were completely untrue.

According to the footage, Katheria, along with BJP MP from Fatehpur Sikri Babu Lal, had recently attended a condolence meeting held for VHP worker Arun Mahaur, who was allegedly killed by Muslim youth, in Agra. During the meeting, several speakers threatened the Muslim community of revenge.

Congress moves adjournment motion in both Houses of Parliament over BJP minister Ram Shankar Katheria’s remarks. Katheria created a stir after he called Muslims ’traitors’ and ’demons’ and asked Hindus to pick up ’guns’ for polls.

Earlier, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said, "Unfortunately, Sumitra ji is a bit of a partisan speaker and does not give ruling in a correct way. But this is a tradition where the Parliament must come together and reprimand the minister. It is not the matter of a BJP Minister or any other minister. It is a tradition you are setting. Once you let Smriti Irani ji go misleading the house, then any other minister will start doing that. It will be a sad day for democracy if it happens."

"It is very clear that Smriti Irani misled the house. There are three factual errors that she made. It is a very serious matter. In the Parliament, ministers cannot quote wrong facts. In this case it was not a mistake because she knew exactly what was happening, she had all the facts with her and deliberately she told lies in the Parliament," he added.

Congress leaders KC Venugopal and Ranjeet Ranjan today gave the privilege motion against Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha as party vice president Rahul Gandhi is expected to address the House today.

The Congress gave notice for a privilege motion against Irani yesterday and created a ruckus in the Lok Sabha for a short while before Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stood to present the General Budget 2016-17.

The grand old party claimed earlier that Irani’s arrogance and blatant lies in Parliament during the discussion on Hyderabad University scholar Rohith Vemula forced them to move the privilege motion against her.

Irani in her speech in Parliament had said there was no question of an apology from her. She pointed out that according to a report submitted to the Telangana High Court, the police had reached Rohith’s hostel at 7:20 pm when they found the body.

"The police said that when they reached the hostel, they found the room open and the dead body was on the table. A hand written suicide note was found. The suicide note that was left behind does not blame anyone," she said.

"This is not my submission. This is what the police said. No one allowed a doctor near this child, to revive this child. Instead, his body was used as a political tool. No police was allowed till 6:30 am the following morning. Who tried to help this child?" she asked.