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Parliament stalled, BJP wants PM, Bansal and Ashwani to quit
Tuesday May 07, 2013 02:03:58 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Both houses
of parliament were stalled Tuesday as the BJP pressed for Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over irregularities in the
allocation of coal blocks and also demanded that ministers P.K.
Bansal and Ashwani Kumar step down.
Both houses were adjourned till 12 noon, minutes after the
question hour began in the morning at 11 a.m. when the houses met.
When the Lok Sabha resumed its proceedings at 12 noon, members of
the Bharatiya Janata Party advanced to the speaker's podium
demanding the prime minister's resignation. They also demanded the
resignations of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Railway Minister
Bansal.
Speaker Meira Kumar tried to pacify the BJP members but they
refused to budge and persisted with their slogan-shouting. As the
ruckus continued, Congress MP Francisco Sardinha, who was in the
chair, adjourned the house till 1 p.m.
The upper house of the parliament witnessed similar scenes with
BJP members shouting slogans against the prime minister. Amid the
chaos, Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien adjourned the house till 2 p.m.
Both houses have seen repeated disruptions by opposition parties
over the allocation of coal blocks and 2G spectrum.
The BJP has said it will not let parliament function till Manmohan
Singh resigns over the alleged involvement of his office in the
irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks and 2G spectrum
and Bansal and Ashwani Kumar quit too.
While Bansal's nephew was arrested by the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) for allegedly taking a bribe for the
appointment of a member of the Railway Board, Ashwani Kumar has
come under attack in the Supreme Court for vetting the CBI report
on coal allocation.
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