Both houses of Parliament were adjourned on Wednesday as a mark of respect to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi.
The adjournment is significant because there is no precedent of adjourning the house as the departed leader was not a member of either Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha.
The decision was taken in a meeting of Chairman Venkaiah Naidu, Speaker sumitra Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ananth Kumar and the floor leaders of all the parties. Ignoring the laid down convention the floor leaders of all the parties insisted that Karunanidhi was one of the tallest leaders of the country and as a mark of respect the functioning of Parliament must be suspended for the day.
