Both houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day by noon on Tuesday.
In the Lok Sabha, Speaker Sumita Mahajan refused to take up the no-confidence motion saying the house was not in order. “The country has never seen such a sorry state, this is not proper,” Mahajan said while adjourning proceedings for the day, ANI reported.
YSR Congress Party member YV Subba Reddy has written to the Lok Sabha Secretary General, asking for the no-confidence motion to be included in the list of business for Wednesday.
“As long as the Budget Session continues, we will press for discussion to take place on no-confidence motion,” Reddy told ANI.
The lower house was earlier adjourned till noon within minutes of beginning proceedings. Opposition MPs were heard chanting, “We want justice” after which the House was adjourned.
Earlier, lawmakers of key Opposition parties decided to meet Rajya Sabha Chairperson Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday to tell him that they want the House to function, ANI reported. The MPs met in Parliament ahead of Tuesday’s session and said the government should reach out to them for the House to run.
However, proceedings in the Rajya Sabha too were adjourned before noon.
Both Houses have faced repeated adjournments so far in the second half of the Budget Session. On Monday too, the Lok Sabha was adjourned as the Telugu Desam Party MPs protested demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh, while those from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam protested against the delay in the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board.
Meanwhile, senior party leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party said the session could be adjourned sine die this week. “What’s the point in continuing like this?” a BJP leader said to The Indian Express. The session is scheduled to end on April 6.
On Tuesday too, AIADMK MPs protested outside Parliament. Telugu Desam Party MP Thota Narasimham said his party would move its no-confidence motion notice against the central government on Tuesday again. He said the party would continue protesting until its demands are met.
The adjournments on Monday and Tuesday mean the no-confidence motion moved by the Telugu Desam Party and the YSR Congress against the Narendra Modi government was not brought up for discussion, and the two parties need to move new notices again on Wednesday, as they are valid only for a day.
Andhra Pradesh’s demand for the special category status has been at the centre of the political storm that has dominated the Lok Sabha in the second half of the Budget Session so far. The no-trust motions by the two state parties are among the very few highlights of the session, which has otherwise faced adjournments day after day.
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