Snubbed by Speaker, MP tears papers

NEW DELHI: Suspended Aam Aadmi Party MP Dharamvira Gandhi tore the papers listing Lok Sabha questions in the House on Thursday after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan ignored his repeated calls to be allowed to ask something during the Question Hour. Gandhi was heard requesting the Speaker for time to ask something about toll taxes when Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari was answering questions related to his ministry. When he was disallowed, he tore the question paper and was seen fretting his way out of the House. Later, Gandhi issued a letter to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj requesting her to speak to her Pakistan counterpart to allow bona fide migrants of the Partition from both sides of the border along with one attendant to visit their birthplace. TNS

State BJP chief corners Cong on graft

New Delhi: Opening debate for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, party's state president Shwait Malik tore into the opposition Congress on the issue of corruption, saying the malady had become rampant during its rule on account of which people brought the Narendra Modi-led BJP to power at the Centre. He said there used to be a scam every day during the Congress-led UPA rule. The BJP leader asked the Congress to “worry and introspect” about its own future. TNS

SAD flags issue of Punjabis in US jails

New Delhi: Akali Dal Leader and MP Prem Singh Chandumajra flagged the issue of Punjabis in US jails in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour demanding immediate action on part of the Centre to undertake efforts to address the matter. TNS