New Delhi: Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday adjourned the
lower house for the second time on the same day till 2 pm following the uproar
over ethnic violence in Assam.
Earlier, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon 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.
It fathom that with the absent of troubleshooter Pranab
Mukherjee, it become hard for Congress to face the fresh attack of the
oppositions.
For the first time that UPA president Sonia Gandhi seen
telling Congress MPs to continue protesting against Advani’s comment and
perhaps it was a sign that she may have to play a more active role given
the absence of Pranab Mukherjee.
Leaving no respite for Congress, Advani termed the UPA- 2 as
an “illegitimate” government.
Advani was speaking on reasons behind the spiralling
violence in Assam when he took everybody by surprise by accusing the government
of having spent crores to buy votes.
Within seconds of Advani making the charge, UPA chairperson
Sonia Gandhi appeared annoyed and upset over the remarks and many members of
the treasury benches were up on their feet slamming Advani.
However, soon after his comment Advani was forced to
withdraw his comment in which he termed the UPA government as ‘illegitimate’.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar also requested Advani to
reconsider his position, following which the veteran BJP leader withdrew his
words.
Advani said his comment was in reference to the Vote of Confidence in 2008 and
not related to UPA-2.
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 seems 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.