New Delhi: Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned twice today, first for an hour and then for the day, as chaos erupted with Opposition demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the alleged "large scale corruption and scams" in Commonwealth Games, telecom 2-G Spectrum allocation and Adarsh Housing Society.
The government, however, rejected the demand for a JPC probe into the Adarsh Housing scam, saying the Centre has nothing to do with it.
As soon as the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha met, Opposition members, led by the BJP, did not allow the Question Hour by trooping into the well and raising slogans, leading to adjournment till noon.
They were demanding the removal of Telecom Minister A Raja and an inquiry by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the CWG scam.
He also referred to the alleged scam in allocation of second generation or 2G spectrum to new telecom companies, reports of corruption in the CWG 2010 and irregularities in Adarsh Housing society in Mumbai.
Questioning the role of Raja in the telecom scam, AIADMK leader V Maitreyan said he had a copy of the CAG report on the 2G spectrum allocation and displayed it.
The Opposition parties adopted the same strategy in the Lok Sabha and stalled proceedings by storming the well.
After the Question Hour was disrupted, the House was adjourned till noon and later for the day.
The removal of Ashok Chavan as Maharashtra Chief Minister and resignation of Suresh Kalmadi as Secretary of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the wake of reports of CWG scam did not seem to have any impact on the protests by an unrelenting Opposition.
The government, however, rejected the demand for a JPC probe into the Adarsh Housing scam, saying the Centre has nothing to do with it.
As soon as the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha met, Opposition members, led by the BJP, did not allow the Question Hour by trooping into the well and raising slogans, leading to adjournment till noon.
They were demanding the removal of Telecom Minister A Raja and an inquiry by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the CWG scam.
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He also referred to the alleged scam in allocation of second generation or 2G spectrum to new telecom companies, reports of corruption in the CWG 2010 and irregularities in Adarsh Housing society in Mumbai.
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Questioning the role of Raja in the telecom scam, AIADMK leader V Maitreyan said he had a copy of the CAG report on the 2G spectrum allocation and displayed it.
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The Opposition parties adopted the same strategy in the Lok Sabha and stalled proceedings by storming the well.
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After the Question Hour was disrupted, the House was adjourned till noon and later for the day.
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The removal of Ashok Chavan as Maharashtra Chief Minister and resignation of Suresh Kalmadi as Secretary of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the wake of reports of CWG scam did not seem to have any impact on the protests by an unrelenting Opposition.
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