New Delhi, Dec 8 : The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon today for the 19th successive day of its Winter Session amid continued demands by the Opposition for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the alleged 2G spectrum scam and the Government refusing to relent.
When the Housemet in the morning, it first expressed sorrow over the deaths of 170 people who were killed in heavy rains in Tamil Nadu and 1000 displaced. The House also condemned the blast in Varanasi last evening in which a girl child was killed and 37 others were injured.
It stood in silence for some time to pay homage to those killed in the two tragedies.
Soon after that, the agitating Opposition members belonging to BJP, AIADMK, SP and BSP, chanting slogans, trooped into the Well of the House.
They created a din and kept raising slogans 'We Want JPC'.
All efforts of Speaker Meira Kumar to pacify and reason with the agitating members yielded no results. Sensing the unrelenting mood of the Opposition members, the Speaker adjourned the House till 1200 hrs.
Today is the 20th day of the over-month-long Winter Session of Parliament that ends on December 13 with a scheduled 24 sittings.
The Session started on November 9.
The JPC probe has become the bone of contention between theGovernment and the Opposition, which has continuously been disturbing the Parliamentary proceedings for the last two weeks.
The MPs have stuck to their demand for a JPC probe into allegations of financial irregularities in the case.
Discussions are due to take place in both Houses of Parliament but arguments from the Opposition parties have made it difficult for the session to move forward.
Former Telecom and Information Technology Minister A Raja has been accused of serious irregularities in the allocation of 2G spectrum licences, causing losses to the national coffers estimated at Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
After weeks of demands from Opposition parties for his resignation Raja finally stepped down on November 14.
The Congress Core Group, which met here last evening to deliberate on the Opposition demand for a JPC probe into the multi-crore swindle, again ruled out setting up a parliamentary panel to probe the alleged scam.
It stood in silence for some time to pay homage to those killed in the two tragedies.
Soon after that, the agitating Opposition members belonging to BJP, AIADMK, SP and BSP, chanting slogans, trooped into the Well of the House.
They created a din and kept raising slogans 'We Want JPC'.
All efforts of Speaker Meira Kumar to pacify and reason with the agitating members yielded no results. Sensing the unrelenting mood of the Opposition members, the Speaker adjourned the House till 1200 hrs.
Today is the 20th day of the over-month-long Winter Session of Parliament that ends on December 13 with a scheduled 24 sittings.
The Session started on November 9.
The JPC probe has become the bone of contention between theGovernment and the Opposition, which has continuously been disturbing the Parliamentary proceedings for the last two weeks.
The MPs have stuck to their demand for a JPC probe into allegations of financial irregularities in the case.
Discussions are due to take place in both Houses of Parliament but arguments from the Opposition parties have made it difficult for the session to move forward.
Former Telecom and Information Technology Minister A Raja has been accused of serious irregularities in the allocation of 2G spectrum licences, causing losses to the national coffers estimated at Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
After weeks of demands from Opposition parties for his resignation Raja finally stepped down on November 14.
The Congress Core Group, which met here last evening to deliberate on the Opposition demand for a JPC probe into the multi-crore swindle, again ruled out setting up a parliamentary panel to probe the alleged scam.
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