Parliament stalls as Cong seeks

Source: PTI

August 20, 2004

The hearing of a case in a Karnataka court against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti on Friday rocked Parliament with Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress members demanding dismissal of her government and her arrest.

As agitated ruling alliance members were on their feet pressing their issue, Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine stuck to the demand for the fourth day for an immediate apology from Union Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar for showing "disrespect" to veteran freedom fighter Veer Savarkar.

Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day much ahead of the schedule amid pandemonium with ruling and opposition members adamant on their demands.

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The two houses were adjourned earlier also for a couple of hours on these issues.

RJD members shouted slogans 'Uma Bharti ko Giraftar Karo (Arrest Uma Bharti)'. This was countered by the opposition members with slogans 'Long live Veer Savarkar'.

Finding members in an unrelenting mood when the Lok Sabha met at 1530 hours after two adjournments, Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal adjourned it till Monday.

His pleas for the private members' business to be taken up fell on deaf ears.

Similar unruly scenes prevailed in Rajya Sabha when it met at 1430 hours after a two-hour adjournment to take up private members' business.

With the din showing no signs of abating, Deputy Chairman K Rehman Khan adjourned the House for the day.