Parliament Monsoon Session Day 12 LIVE: Opposition MPs raise slogans on Ram Temple donation theft issue in RS; LS adjourned till 2 p.m.

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned until 12 p.m. on Tuesday amid heavy protests from NDA and Opposition MPs, with both sides accusing each other of disrespecting Lord Ram over Ram Temple donation theft issue and demanding an apology.

Opposition MPs start sloganeering on Ram temple donation theft issue in Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour.

NDA MPs erupt into protest after Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge questions on Ram Temple donation theft issue in Rajya Sabha.

Shortly after the session began, the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla adjourned the proceedings until 2 p.m amid Opposition protest, demanding the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah.

The NDA Parliamentary Party’s ‘Mangal Milan’ meeting began in Parliament on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other NDA leaders in attendance.

BJP National President Nitin Nabin was also in attendance at the meeting being held at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament Library Building.

Earlier, Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay also arrived at the Parliament Library Building to attend the NDA Parliamentary Party’s weekly ‘Mangal Milan’ meeting.

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Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha, seeking the suspension of Question Hour, Zero Hour, and all other listed business of the day to discuss the need for a new anti-defection law to curb what he termed “mass political defections” driven by opportunism.

In his notice addressed to the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha, Tewari stated that he intended to move a motion for the adjournment of the House’s business to discuss “a definite matter of urgent public importance.”

“I move that this House do suspend Question Hour, Zero Hour, and all other listed business of the day to discuss the contours of a new Anti-Defection Law that proscribes Mass Political Defections driven by opportunism and bereft of any genuine ideological or policy differences while simultaneously providing space for honest and critical dissent both inside and outside Parliament and the legislatures,” the notice read.

- ANI