The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. and the Rajya Sabha till 12 noon during the Monsoon Session of Parliament on Thursday.
Before the adjournment, the Lok Sabha paid homage to the victims of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned after repeated appeals by Speaker Om Birla to maintain order in the House went unheeded, as persistent sloganeering by Opposition members disrupted proceedings.
The continuing protests have prevented the Question Hour from functioning even for a single day during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, as repeated disruptions kept stalling regular legislative business.
On Wednesday, despite sustained protests by Opposition members, the Lok Sabha passed a Bill aimed at recognising digital and virtual records as admissible evidence in courts.
The legislation, which was cleared through a voice vote without any discussion, seeks to modernise the legal framework governing evidence related to bankers’ books by bringing it in line with contemporary digital banking practices. It also covers matters connected or incidental to the legislation.
Meanwhile, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju criticised the Opposition for protesting over the alleged Ram Temple donation scam, accusing Congress, the CPI and the Samajwadi Party of consistently opposing Lord Ram.
Referring to the Opposition’s “chanda chori” skit staged within the Parliament premises, Rijiju said it had hurt the sentiments of people across the country.
The Union Minister also alleged that the Opposition was deliberately preventing Parliament from functioning.
“K.C. Venugopal is a good man, but he is unable to make his party members understand and maintain decorum,” Rijiju told the House, while asserting that the government was prepared for a discussion.
(With agency inputs)
