No biz in Parl as Opposition sticks to guns on Bihar roll

Parliament on Thursday failed to transact any business as both the Houses faced repeated adjournments following opposition parties’ uproar, as they demanded a discussion on special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral roll in Bihar.

The Lok Sabha was adjourned twice and the Rajya Sabha three times before being finally adjourned for the day.

When the Lower House convened in the morning, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla congratulated space scientists for the successful launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite.

Birla then tried to take up the Question Hour proceedings, but the opposition started sloganeering and trooped into the well, demanding the rollback of SIR in Bihar. The Speaker expressed concern over their conduct requesting them to go back to their seats but the opposition MPs continued with their protest following which the House was adjourned till 2 pm.

When the Lok Sabha reassembled at 2 pm to take up further business, the opposition continued with their protest following which the House was adjourned till 4 pm.

The Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal read out a suo moto statement in the Lok Sabha at 4 pm regarding the imposition of 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods by the US. Afterwards, the Speaker tried to run the Zero Hour, but in vain as opposition members again stormed into the well, leading to the House getting adjourned for the day.

Similar scenes were also witnessed in the Rajya Sabha also.

When the Rajya Sabha assembled in the morning, Deputy Chairman Harivansh tried to take up the Zero Hour proceedings, but the opposition started sloganeering demanding roll back of SIR in Bihar. As the pandemonium continued the Chair adjourned the House till 12 pm.

After repeated adjournments, when the Upper House reassembled at 4:30 pm, Goyal made a statement on the reciprocal tariff announced by the US. As the pandemonium continued after that, the House was adjourned for the day