Members of the Rajya Sabha during the winter session of Parliament in New Delhi, Thursday, December 19, 2024. Photo credit: PTI
Both houses were adjourned for a few minutes on Thursday (December 19, 2024) after opposition members insisted on discussing Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments about BR Ambedkar.
As soon as the House was sitting in the Lok Sabha, the opposition members took to their feet and protested. Speaker Om Birla tried to pacify them and announced the death of former Union Minister EVKS Elangovan, who was a member of the Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu.
After paying homage to the late leader, the House was silent for a while.
After the tribute meeting was over, the MPs of the opposition party protested loudly again. Mr. Birla immediately adjourned the House till 2 o’clock
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Meanwhile, in the Rajya Sabha, after presenting the listed documents, Speaker Jagdeep Dhankhar said he had received four adjournment notices, including three for discussion on the remarks made by Mr. Shah.
After the Speaker did not accept the notification as per Rule 267, many members of the opposition party protested. The notes were given by AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Congress MP Randeep Surjewala and CPI(M) MP John Brittas, with one of the Congress MPs heard saying that Ambedkar had never been insulted “like this”.
Many opposition members were on their feet and chanted “We cannot allow the country to sink into chaos”.
The Congress and other opposition parties on Tuesday (Dec 17, 2024) launched an all-out attack on Mr Shah for his comments about Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha and demanded his sacking, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders rallied. Mr. Shah’s defense and said he exposed the “anti-Ambedkar” stance of the Congress.
Mr. Shah said the Congress distorted his comments as part of a malicious campaign after the “establishment” opposition party was against Ambedkar and reservations in the Constitution.
published – December 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM IST