Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been adjourned till Friday as both the houses faced disruptions for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday with Congress and other opposition parties insisting on their demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the
Adani-Hindenburg row and the BJP members seeking an apology from Rahul Gandhi over his remarks made in London. Rahul Gandhi was seen in Lok Sabha for the first time
since the row erupted over his comments in London on the state of democracy in In-
dia. But both houses met for only a few minutes before being adjourned for the day.
In Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress members protested around the Speaker’s chair with their mouths covered with a black ribbon. Later, opposition members formed a human chain near parliament to press for a probe into the Adani-Hindenburg row. The government-opposition standoff has stalled all work in the second half of the Budget session. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju ratcheted up pressure on the Congress this morning, accusing Rahul Gandhi of telling lies in the UK and denigrating the nation.
“The person who speaks the most in this country, and targets the government day and night, says abroad that he does not have the freedom to speak in India,” Rijiju said,
speaking to reporters. “Rahul Gandhi can sink the Congress, we don’t care. But if he tries to harm or insult the nation, we as citizens cannot be silent. Just because the country has rejected the Congress leadership, doesn’t mean he can abuse the nation abroad,”
he added. “All anti-India gang members talk on same lines. They repeat whatever Rahul Gandhi says,” Rijiju railed. Earlier on Thursday, Congress MP Ranjit Ranjan gave a suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha and demands discussion on the Adani issue. In a notice under Rule 267, Ranjit Ranjan said, “Government has failed in constituting a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the serious charges of corporate fraud, political corruption, stock market manipulation and financial mismanagement against the Adani group”. While, Congress Syed Naseer Hussain gave suspension of business notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha on “worrying trend of declining freedom of speech and expression in the country”.