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PM appeal for peace turned down; Stormy start
to parliament
Tuesday November 22, 2011 02:53:27 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Lok
Sabha got off to a stormy start Tuesday with opposition protests
against Home Minister P. Chidambaram forcing its adjournment for
the day.
The lower house was plunged into chaos soon after the winter
session opened, with opposition MPs disregarding Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh's appeal for calm.
The opposition's target was Chidambaram, for his alleged links to
the 2G spectrum corruption scandal. He was prevented from speaking
in the Lok Sabha.
As Lok Sabha members assembled, Speaker Meira Kumar made obituary
references to ex-members, including former union minister Vasant
Sathe, who died in the past few months.
Newly elected member Kuldeep Bishnoi was sworn in.
But when the speaker wanted the question hour taken up, opposition
members were on their feet.
The first question of the day was to be answered by Chidambaram,
who Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance
(NDA) has vowed to boycott.
As Chidambaram got up to table the written reply of a question on
Maoist violence, BJP members shouted him down. He sat back
silently without even reacting to the opposition's behaviour.
Before the two houses met, Manmohan Singh appealed for peace.
"I sincerely hope that all political parties will realise that we
have some very important pieces of legislation which are going to
be presented in this session, and our country's sustained
development and prosperity demands that many of those bills should
be converted as acts of parliament," he said.
The winter session is expected to debate the Lokpal bill, which is
aimed at fighting corruption.
"As far as the boycott (of Chidambaram) is concerned, I sincerely
hope that the political parties will resist any such temptation.
There is virtually no case for a boycott of the type that has been
talked about in the newspapers," he told reporters.
The BJP-led combine wants Manmohan Singh to ask Chidambaram to
resign.
Chidambaram refused a comment on the opposition strategy and
silently walked out of parliament house when journalists sought
his reaction.
The first 20 minutes of the day were peaceful as members listened
to the speaker expressing grief over the loss of lives in a series
of tragedies in India and elsewhere.
But Chidambaram's was not the only issue that rocked the Lok Sabha.
The proposed division of Uttar Pradesh, the demand for Telangana
and price rise were also taken up by opposition MPs.
Amid the ruckus, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 and then, as
the din continued, for the entire day.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned to mourn the death of two members,
Ram Dayal Munda and Silvious Condapen.
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