NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday after four weeks of high drama and protests, which crippled the Parliament.
As soon as the Lok Sabha convened for the day, the Speaker called Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to present a resolution for setting up a joint committee of Parliament to examine the bills related to ‘one nation, one election’.
Slogans of ‘Jai Bhim’ reverberated in the House as the Speaker read out directions barring demonstrations and protests at the gates of Parliament.
As the protests continued, the Speaker adjourned the House sine die.
Even before the House proceedings began, Congress members started raising slogans “Jai Bheem, Jai Jai Bheem”.
Amid the slogans by the opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered the Lok Sabha chamber.
The Winter Session saw a standoff between the Congress and BJP with charges of ‘attempt to murder’ against the Opposition and they demand resignation of the Home Minister over remark on BR Ambedkar.
The Opposition MPs staged a protest at Vijay Chowk here on Friday again demanding Home Minister Amit Shah’s apology and resignation for allegedly “insulting” BR Ambedkar.
They also carried out a protest march from Vijay Chowk to Parliament.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also slammed the BJP over the FIR filed against the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, saying it “shows their desperation level”.
“The entire country is watching, they have slapped several cases on Rahul Gandhi. They bring in new FIRs and lie…This shows their desperation level,” she told reporters.
Priyanka Gandhi joined several other INDIA bloc MPs at Vijay Chowk to protest against Shah’s remarks as they demanded Shah’s apology and resignation over the issue.
She was seen carrying a placard which read ‘Babasaheb ka apman nahi sahega Hindustan’.
The MPs raised slogans such as ‘Jai Bhim’ ‘Amit Shah Maafi Mango’ and ‘istifa do’.
The protest comes a day after separate marches by opposition and ruling party MPs over the alleged insult to Ambedkar led to jostling in Parliament premises, leaving BJP MPs Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput injured.
The BJP has accused Rahul Gandhi of pushing the senior member, a charge rejected by the Congress leader.
The opposition on Wednesday had seized on Shah’s remarks on Ambedkar to corner the government and demanded his resignation for what they called was an insult to the architect of the Constitution.