Enthusiasm among elderly, first time voters in Jammu LS seat, 42.88 % voting till 1pm
An 86-year old Raj Dulari made sure to bring along her entire family to vote at a polling station in Peer Mitha of the Jammu city.
As members of different parties continued to create ruckus, both houses of parliament saw adjournments on Monday. While, the Lok Sabha was ajourned till 12 pm, minutes after it met for the day, the Rajya Sabha will meet on Tuesday.
As soon as the lower house met, several members rushed near the Speaker’s podium raising slogans and displaying placards. In the din, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House.
While Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and YSR Congress MPs were protesting over special category status to Andhra Pradesh, AIADMK members were agitating over the Cauvery issue.
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The TDP and YSR Congress are pushing for their notices of no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government to be taken up in the lower house.
However, the speaker has made it clear that the notices will be entertained only if the house functions.
As a result, the taking up of the notices seems to be an uphill task with the protesting members in no mood to budge.
On March 16 as well, both the parties had tried to move the motion but it could not be taken up amid protests and sloganeering.
Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha too was adjourned for the day after protests by TDP and AIADMK MPs. The upper house will now meet on Tuesday.
The second phase of the Budget session that resumed on March 5 has seen continuous disruptions. Despite this, the government managed to pass the Finacial Bill.
The Rajya Sabha has not been able to transact any business for two weeks in a row due to disruptions by various groups including the opposition.
The opposition has been demanding discussion on the frauds in the public sector banks, particularly the latest multi-thousand crore rupees Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam which involves diamontaire Nirav Modi and his relative Mehul Choksi, under the adjournment motion.
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