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.