Leaders of 18 Opposition parties were today stopped by the police as they took out a protest march from the Parliament to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office in Delhi to press for an investigation into the Adani-Hindenburg issue. This is after the Budget Session of Parliament was adjourned for a third day amid uproar over Rahul Gandhi's democracy remarks.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day amid slogan shouting from the Opposition, treasury benches over Rahul Gandhi's democracy remarks.
Rahul Gandhi's comments in the UK about "Indian democracy coming undone" have become the latest flashpoint between the BJP and the Congress. The government has been demanding an apology from Mr Gandhi in the Parliament, which has been met by counter-slogans from the Opposition benches demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani-Hindenburg issue.
The second leg of the ongoing Budget Session will continue till April 6.
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Congress's Lok Sabha leader AR Chowdhury said that the Opposition demands a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into the "Adani issue". "However, the BJP doesn't want a JPC as it will bring out the corruption and expose their real face. They wanted a JPC till they were in opposition, now they are scared," he said.
Police make announcements at Vijay Chowk and inform the marching Opposition MPs to not march ahead as Section 144 CrPC is imposed and no agitation is allowed here.
Leaders of 18 Opposition parties will march to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office in Delhi today to press for an investigation into the Adani-Hindenburg issue.
Rajya Sabha has also been adjourned till 2 pm after opposition amid slogan shouting over demand for Rahul Gandhi's apology for his democracy remarks.
Lok Sabha proceedings have been adjourned till 2 pm amid slogan shouting from opposition, treasury benches over Rahul Gandhi's democracy remarks.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Wednesday gave an Adjournment Motion notice in the Lok Sabha to discuss the "government's failure in constituting a joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)" to investigate the Adani Group-Hindenburg Research row.
Stepping up the BJP's offensive against Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said Parliament cannot sit and watch as a member goes abroad and talks against the democracy of India.
