New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was disrupted today as the treasury and opposition benches got into an argument over who would speak first on the Kishtwar clashes.
Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley, who was stopped from going to the clash-hit area in Jammu yesterday, was supposed to make a statement as soon as the house met at 11 am.
However, with a slew of issues being raised, including protests against the formation of Telangana, the solar scam in Kerala and the violence in Kishtwar, the upper house was adjourned.
At noon, when the Rajya Sabha met after a second adjournment, Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien called Jaitley to make his statement.
However, he was stopped by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla, who said the government was ready to make a statement.
BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu objected to this, saying the leader of opposition was entitled to speak first.
The chair agreed that Mr Jaitley should be allowed to speak.
However, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the government should make the statement first.
"This is a new precedence you are trying to set, government always speaks first," Mr Chidambaram said.
As the argument continued between the treasury and opposition benches, Bahujan Samaj Party leaders also expressed dissatisfaction over not being allowed to speak on the issue.
The upper house was later adjourned for half an hour.
Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley, who was stopped from going to the clash-hit area in Jammu yesterday, was supposed to make a statement as soon as the house met at 11 am.
However, with a slew of issues being raised, including protests against the formation of Telangana, the solar scam in Kerala and the violence in Kishtwar, the upper house was adjourned.
However, he was stopped by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla, who said the government was ready to make a statement.
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The chair agreed that Mr Jaitley should be allowed to speak.
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"This is a new precedence you are trying to set, government always speaks first," Mr Chidambaram said.
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The upper house was later adjourned for half an hour.
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