Uproar over deportation: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned following return of Indians from US

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned on Thursday following uproar over the issue of deportation of illegal Indian immigrants from the United States.

As soon as both the Houses assembled, the opposition members, mostly Congress MPs, were on their feet trying to raise the issue.

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm amid vociferous protests by opposition.

As soon as the House reassembled at noon after the first adjournment of the day, the opposition members were on their feet trying to raise the issue. Congress members had submitted notices to move adjournment motions.

Raising slogans against the government, opposition members trooped into the Well of the House.

BJP member Dilip Saikia, who was in the Chair, adjourned the proceedings till 2 pm.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon

MPs from the Congress, CPI, TMC, AAP and CPM gave notices under Rule 267, that sought to set aside listed business of the day to take up discussion on the issue being raised through them, but the chair rejected all of them.

MPs then stood in their places and raised the issue. The MPs said the US had deported the Indian immigrants in a military plane in the most inhuman manner and they are not being allowed to raise the issue in the House.

Deputy Chairman Harivansh, who was in the chair, first ordered that the utterances of the opposition MPs will not go on record and then adjourned the proceedings till  noon when they persisted with their demand.

Those who gave notices under Rule 267 included CPI's Santosh Kumar P, TMC's Sanket Gokhale, CPM's V Sivadasan and Congress leaders Anil Kumar Yadav, Shaktisingh Gohil, Pramod Tiwari, Renuka Chaudhary and Ashok Singh.