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Lok Sabha proceedings halted till 3.30 pm amid Opposition uproar

Sloganeering by members over various issues forces Rajendra Agrawal to adjourn House 10 minutes after resumption

Published 19.07.21, 02:58 PM
Agrawal urged members to allow the House to function normally, but as protests continued, he adjourned the proceedings.

Agrawal urged members to allow the House to function normally, but as protests continued, he adjourned the proceedings. File Photo.

The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were adjourned for the second time on Monday amid sloganeering by Opposition members over various issues, including those related to rising prices and the new farm laws.

Rajendra Agrawal, who was in the Chair, adjourned the House till 3:30 pm barely 10 minutes after proceedings began at 2 pm.

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Agrawal urged members to go back to their seats and allow the House to function normally, but as protests continued, he adjourned the proceedings.

The Monsoon session of the Lok Sabha began on a stormy note on Monday with the Opposition creating a ruckus and preventing Prime Minister Narendra Modi from introducing the newly inducted Union ministers.

As the disruptions continued despite Speaker Om Birla's repeated pleas to maintain decorum, the House was adjourned after nearly 40 minutes till 2 pm.

Four newly elected members --- Maddila Gurumoorthy (YSR Congress), Mangal Suresh Angadi (BJP), M P Abdussamad Samadani (IUML), Vijayakumar (Congress) --- took oath as the House convened after a gap of nearly four months.

Following this, the Prime Minister stood up to introduce the newly inducted ministers who took oath on July 7 following a major rejig in the council of ministers.

As soon as Modi stood up, opposition members started shouting slogans and disrupted the proceedings.

On the other hand, Rajya Sabha proceedings on the opening day of the Monsoon session of Parliament were adjourned for an hour as a mark of respect for departed two sitting MPs Raghunath Mohapatra and Rajeev Satav.

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