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Earlier, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon by the Lok
Sabha speaker Meira Kumar when the opposition parties broke down heavily over
the Congress- led UPA government and demanded action on Assam ethnic
violence rather Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assurance to discuss all the
issue in the Parliament.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday come out with assurance
as he said the government is prepared to discuss any issue in accordance with
rules and hoped the opposition will allow the two houses to function smoothly
without disruptions.
What happened when:
12:20: Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, initiated the
discussion on Assam violence and with this he threw the ball rolling for a huge
political debate. Advani said numbers of people displaced and the incident was unprecedented.
He insisted that the Assam violence was not ethnic but the core problem was one
of unchecked illegal immigration.
“The whole country’s security establishment is at risk,” he
said.
12: 15: Advani initiated the discussion on ethnic
violence in Kokrajhar and other parts of Assam as he alleged that by
accepting the adjournment motion the government has showed that it felt
responsible for the condition in Assam.
12:00: Advani continued his discussion despite of the
furore in the background.
12:00: Parliament
resumed after being adjourned over the issue of Assam violence. BJP leader L.K.
Advani initiated the discussion on the issue.
11:30: MPs created a ruckus over the ethnic violence
in Assam's Kokrajhar and consequently the Rajya Sabha was also adjourned till
noon.
11:21: Meira Kumar accepted the adjournment motion
over ethnic violence in Assam. Session was to resume at 12 noon.
11:20: Prime Minister assured that government was
ready to discuss the issue on the floor of the house but with accordance of
rules and procedures.
“The government is ready for any discussion in accordance
with rules and procedures in Parliament,” Singh told reporters outside
Parliament today.
10:05 am: The Bharatiya Janata Party moved an
adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha on the Kokrajhar violence in Assam.
Currently the debate is on amid news of uproar.
The monsoon session of Parliament, which will continue till
7 September, will also be the first session with newly appointed Home Minister
Sushilkumar Shinde taking over as leader of the house in the Lok Sabha.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram who earlier had boycotted by
the BJP during the winter session, will face the heat on the Aircel-Maxis deal
during the month-long Monsoon session.
It fathom that the Left parties are ready to corner the
government over the issue of the Food Security bill in a big way. They are also
expected to take up the killing of tribals in Chhattisgarh and the violence at
the Maruti plant in Manesar.