Lok Sabha transacted some business on Monday as two Bills were introduced and another taken up for consideration even as the Congress and other parties continued their vociferous protests.
The House also saw parties coming together to condemn the terror attack in Gurdaspur district in Punjab.
Members of the Akali Dal, BJP, CPI(M) and BJD spoke on the attack during the Zero Hour amidst the din created by the Opposition.
While members of the Congress, along with other parties, shouting slogans in the Well, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley re-introduced The Negotiable Instruments Bill, 2015, over which the government had brought ordinance last month.
The Bill provides for trial in cheque bounce cases at the place where the cheque was presented for clearance and not the place of issue.
It had been promulgated as it could not be passed by Rajya Sabha during the last Budget session after being approved by Lok Sabha.
Law Minister Sadananda Gowda also introduced The Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill, 2015. Three questions were also taken up amidst the din.
The House also took up discussion on The Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which once implemented, would allow transferring civil suits, valued up to Rs. 2 crore, to the nine District Courts in Delhi from the High Court.
During the debate, a flutter was created when Congress member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury banged a placard on the table of Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who took a serious note of it and ordered him to withdraw from the House for rest of the day.
However, Saugata Roy of Trinamool Congress, the rival of Congress party, pleaded with the Speaker to reconsider her decision.
Ms. Mahajan said he had “insulted” the Chair and should apologise or face action as the issue relates to the “honour” of the House. BJP members supported her contention.
Congress members, meanwhile, continued to vociferously demand the ouster of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over various controversies.
