Home Ministry working on comprehesive note: Chidambaram
press trust of india
New Delhi, 5 August
The first day of Monsoon session of Parliament today was marred by uproarious scenes over the decision to form Telangana even as the government said substantive and procedural issues related to the new state would be dealt with in a Cabinet note being prepared.
There were also demands for creation of new states, including Bodoland out of Assam. Two members from Bodo areas also staged a protest outside Parliament building to press the demand in the wake of the Telangana decision. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha could not function normally as they witnessed slogan-shouting by members from Andhra against the proposal to form Telangana and demanding justice to the people of the Seemandhra region. Due to the uproar, both the Houses were adjourned repeatedly without substantial business being transacted. The Lok Sabha was then adjourned for the day at 3 p.m. and the Rajya Sabha just 15 minutes later.
In the RS, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the Home Ministry will “bring a comprehensive note for the Cabinet containing both substantive and procedural issues for the decision of the Cabinet.”
In the RS, soon after the House paid obituary references, two TDP members entered the Well opposing creation of a separate Telangana state.
Mr Biswajit Daimary (Bodoland People’s Front) too entered the Well carrying a placard. While TPD members raised banners against the division of Andhra Pradesh, Mr Daimary held a banner that read: “If Telangana, Why Not Bodoland?”
Upset with members not listening to his appeal, Mr Ansari adjourned the House for 10 minutes.
When the House reassembled, similar scenes were witnessed. However, the members kept shouting slogans in the Well.
Amid slogan shouting, the Chairman adjourned the House till noon. With uproar being witnessed again, the House was again adjourned till 2 p.m.
The House then took up discussion on the recent devastation caused by floods in Uttarakhand. It was repeatedly disrupted by slogan-shouting on Telangana and Bodoland.