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Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: The Lok Sabha on Friday was adjourned sine die shortly after the lower house of the Parliament came to session at 11:00am.
The adjournment was followed by protests by MPs of the Opposition bloc.
As soon as the Lok Sabha convened for the day, the Speaker called Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to present a resolution for setting up a joint committee of Parliament to examine the bills related to 'one nation, one election'.
Slogans of 'Jai Bhim' reverberated in the House as the Speaker read out directions barring demonstrations and protests at the gates of Parliament.
As the protests continued, the Speaker adjourned the House sine die.
Even before the House proceedings began, Congress members started raising slogans "Jai Bheem, Jai Jai Bheem".
Amid the slogans by the opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered the Lok Sabha chamber.
As Meghwal moved the resolution, Congress members led by Manickam Tagore stormed the Well raising slogans.
Protesting opposition members remained in the Well as 'Vande Mataram' was played as per convention at the end of the Parliament Session.
Except TMC, most of the opposition party members, including DMK and NCP, joined the protest from their seats. Congress member Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was present in the House.
Rajya Sabha adjourns sine die
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday after the House adopted a motion to nominated 12 members to the joint committee of Parliament on simultaneous polls.
When the House met this morning, it witnessed protests by opposition members and was adjourned amid the din.
The Chairman also held a meeting with Leader of the House J P Nadda and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge besides leaders of various opposition parties in a bid to end the impasse in the House.
When the House again met at 12 noon, the Chairman asked Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to move a motion for nominating members of the upper house to the joint committee of Parliament to examine the bills related to 'one nation, one election'.
The motion was adopted with a voice vote to nominate 12 members of the Rajya Sabha to the joint committee on simultaneous polls.
The Chairman then made his concluding remarks, saying this session's productivity stood at a mere 40.03 percent with just 43 hours and 27 minutes of effective functioning.
"As Parliamentarians we are drawing severe criticism from the people of India and rightfully so. These persistent disruptions are steadily eroding public trust in our democratic institutions," he noted.
