Pandemonium in Parliament for 11th day

New Delhi, Nov 26 (PTI) The pandemonium in Parliament over
corruption issue continued for the 11th day Friday disrupting
functioning, but members gave a break to their agitation to
pay homage to the martyrs of Mumbai terror attacks on its
second anniversary.
Both Houses witnessed a brief spell of calm after so many
days of uproar when statements paying tributes to the 26/11
victims were read out by Chairman Hamid Ansari in Rajya Sabha
and Speaker Meira Kumar in Lok Sabha.
In the Rajya Sabha, Ansari read out a statement paying
tributes to the victims of the 26/11 terror attacks and
mourned the death of 391 people in a stampede in Cambodia. In
the Lok Sabha, Kumar made a statement on the Mumbai terror
attacks, after which members observed silence.
Peace was short-lived in both Houses as pandemonium
resumed immediately thereafter with members from the treasury
and opposition benches making vociferous demands for action
against the corrupt.
The Upper House even witnessed a scuffle after a DMK
member displayed a placard against AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa
which infuriated her party members who tried to snatch the
papers. The House was adjourned till 1430 hours to take up
Private Members' business.
Earlier when the House met for the day, Opposition members
were in the well even before Ansari came in. They, however,
took their seats after Ansari said he had to make obituary
reference. After the obituary reference, the members again
created unruly scenes forcing adjournment of the House till
noon.
In the Lok Sabha too, calm was witnessed for a brief while
when the House took up the obituary reference in memory of the
26/11 victims.
An Independent member elected from Banka in Bihar, Putul
Kumari, took oath.