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Parliament disrupted over quota bill, Muslim
reservation
Monday December 17, 2012 12:43:58 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Both houses of parliament were disrupted Monday as Samajwadi Party
(SP) members voiced their protest over the bill on reservations in
government job promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes and implementation of the Sachar Committee report on
minorities.
Ahead of the Rajya Sabha vote on the controversial quota bill, SP
member Ram Gopal Yadav in the upper house called for
implementation of the Sachar Committee report which recommended
reservation for Muslims.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari asked him to raise the issue
during zero hour and let the question hour run smoothly.
But SP's Naresh Aggarwal asked its members to gather near the
chairman's podium, following which the chair adjourned the house
for half-an-hour.
Similar scenes were visible in the Lok Sabha, where SP led by its
chief Mulayam Singh Yadav raised the issue of reservation in
government job promotions.
SP members rushed towards the speaker's podium, raising slogans
against the bill and disrupting question hour.
Speaker Meira Kumar appealed for peace and told the SP it would be
given time to raise the matter during zero hour.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath also tried to pacify SP
members but the protests continued. Finally, the speaker adjourned
the house till 11.30 p.m. and then till noon.
While the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has been pressing the
government to pass the bill, the SP has issued veiled threats
saying it could reconsider its outside support to the ruling
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) if the bill is passed.
Parliament has been disrupted frequently over the issue since the
winter session started Nov 22.
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