As the Opposition insisted on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over coalgate, both Houses of Parliament had to be adjourned for the fourth consecutive day on Friday.
Members of the Telugu Desam Party and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam backed the National Democratic Alliance in the Rajya Sabha.
Congress members countered the Opposition, waving documents to drive home their point that the Chief Ministers of the BJP-ruled States also did not favour auction of coal blocks.
As soon as the Houses met for the day, Opposition members rushed to the well, raising slogans against Dr. Singh, who held the coal portfolio when the blocks were allocated — a process which the Comptroller and Auditor-General said caused a presumptive loss of Rs. 1.86 lakh crore to the exchequer.
In the Lok Sabha, BJP and Shiv Sena members poured into the well, raising slogans to condemn “undue favours” given to private firms.
Speaker Meira Kumar tried to take up question hour but, as chaos reigned, had to adjourn the House till noon.
When the House reassembled, it was adjourned for the day immediately, after laying of papers.
In the Rajya Sabha, NDA members shouted slogans the moment Chairman Hamid Ansari took up the listed business. The Treasury benches countered them with slogans hailing Dr. Singh.
Mr. Ansari adjourned the House until after noon, after his requests to allow question hour to proceed were ignored by the Opposition. When the House reassembled, the scene was no better. Minister of State V. Narayanasamy rose to speak but was disallowed. Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien asked Parshottam Khodabhai Ruapala of the BJP to put his listed short notice question but he declined to do so.
Soon, BJP members were in the well, raising a steady chant of slogans, with members of the NDA, including the JD(U), and the AIADMK and the TDP, expressing solidarity with them.
Mr. Kurien adjourned the House till 2.30 p.m. — and finally for the day, when the BJP members stormed the well even when private members’ bills were to be taken up.
Keywords: Coal scam, coal block allocation, CAG report, UPA government, coalgate, UPA scams, Parliament
The Opposition is trying to make sure that their role in the coal scam
never comes to light. There seems no other reason why they keep
demanding PM's resignation without even allowing him to make a
statement.
i agree with Nivthaa. What opposition is doing would not help. the
opposition should stop seeking their own political gains and should use
the time in the parliament for some productive work for country's
development.
I do not carry any brief for Dr. Manmohan Singh. The right thing for the opposition to do is to prove in the parliament through debate that CAG is right so that the entire nation watching the Loksabha TV knows the facts and figures. It is just not enough to cry wolf. You have to make everybody see the wolf.
Where is the PM. What is the meaning of his mum?
if institutions that are open like CAG cannot be
relied or discussed where we stand. PM is not responding.
Nobody takes any responsibility. All scams are washed
by congress leaders with impunity. All congress scams are
equal to zero. Congress boss is always correct. No worry
about any scams. there is NO morality in congress. Can any
indian live with heads high? (except soulless congress)
There is no use in disrupting the proceedings of the parliament with
regard to The Coalgate Issues. The Opposition Parties are doing
disservice to the nation by refusing to face a detailed discussion
over the coal-allocation matter. What the nation wants to know are the
fact only. By making the Prime Minister to resign, the BJP-Team will
blockade the nation from coming to know what happened.
What happened?
Who is the culprit?
How much is the real loss?
Is CAG right in its findings?
Is CAG reliable?
Let the BJP-Team bring the answers to these questions by having a
detailed discussion over the matter.
Will that do?
There is no point in running the parliament by wasting tax payer money.
The present Govedrnmenty implying some other item which was not
requested by Swamy as statred by Swamy to press this morning. must
resign immediately and pave the way for elections. Enough is enough of
UPAII corruption. They have now strarted influencing SC also or
otherwise why SC should give an order on Swamy appeal b
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