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Parliament disrupted for 12th consecutive day
Thursday September 06, 2012 07:26:13 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Parliament
was repeatedly disrupted for the 12th day Thursday and adjourned
as the BJP continued its protest over coal blocks allocations and
the Samajwadi Party kept up its opposition to the bill on quota in
promotions for Dalits and tribals.
While the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day shortly after noon,
the Rajya Sabha was adjourned a little after 2 p.m. after an
unsuccessful attempt by the government to take up the reservation
quota bill.
With the parliament non-functional, the war of words between the
Congress and the opposition continued outside.
Denying the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) allegation that the
quota bill was brought to divert attention from the coal blocks
issue, the Congress accused the opposition party of denigrating
parliament.
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, meanwhile, claimed both the
Congress and the BJP were against the bill.
The BJP, which has not allowed parliament to function for the past
two weeks, kept on its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's
resignation over the controversial coal blocks allocation in which
private players had windfall gain worth Rs 1.85 lakh crore,
according to a CAG report.
"We have said that the prime minister should resign first and then
we will discuss other things," said BJP leader Murli Manohar
Joshi.
The Congress hit back at the BJP.
"The BJP is denigrating parliament. It does not want a debate in
either parliament or the Public Accounts Committee. It should put
nation first and lust for power later," Human Resource Development
Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde met leaders of the opposition in
an effort to break the logjam.
"I have met the leaders of opposition, asking them to let the
house run so that important bills can be passed," Shinde told
reporters.
In response to eight "uncomfortable" questions asked by the
Congress Wednesday, the BJP came out with seven counter posers and
demanded a probe into the money trail involved in the allocation
of coal mines.
BJP's Prakash Javadekar said the party led National Democratic
Alliance members will stage a sit in protest in front of the
statue of Mahatma Gandhi inside the parliament complex on Friday.
On the other hand, Sibal targeted the BJP-ruled states and said
they had opposed auction of coal mines saying it would destroy
local industry.
"In fact, the BJP governments (Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan) had
sent recommendations to the centre in favour of specific companies
for allocation of coal blocks," he said.
Sibal also said the BJP was avoiding a debate as it would expose
the opposition party's stand on corruption issue and mar its
prospects in the coming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal
Pradesh.
Earlier, both houses observed a minute's silence in remembrance of
those killed in a blaze in a firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu's
Sivakasi town that killed 38 people.
The trouble began soon after that.
In the Rajya Sabha, BJP members picked up their chant demanding
the resignation of Manmohan Singh over coal block allocations,
while SP members protested over the reservation quota bill.
The Rajya Sabha was first adjourned till noon and then till 2 p.m.
BJP members stood in their seats, shouting slogans about the
alleged coal scam. SP members, meanwhile, trooped near the
chairman's podium shouting slogans like "Promotion mein arakshan
nahi chalega" (reservation in promotion will not be accepted).
Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien's repeated pleas to maintain order
fell on deaf ears.
"Please maintain order in the house, this is a constitutional
amendment bill," the chair said.
As the din continued, Kurien adjourned the house for the day.
Similar scenes were witnessed in the Lok Sabha, which was
adjourned for the day at noon.
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