Par concludes crucial financial business amid din

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) Parliament Friday concluded crucial
financial business with Rajya Sabha passing the supplementary
demands of Rs 1024.61 crore for railways amid unabated din by
the Opposition over demand for JPC on 2G spectrum allocation.
The Rajya Sabha passed the Supplementary Demands for
Grants for 2010-11 by voice vote and without debate, as
Opposition members disrupted proceedings by raising slogans in
the well.
An important measure, the National Identification
Authority of India Bill 2010, was also introduced in the House
where the Question Hour was earlier disrupted when it met in
the morning.
While the government pushed through these important
measures, the Opposition continued to raise slogans demanding
a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the allocation of
radiowaves, repeating scenes witnessed over the last 15
successive working days.
The House was adjourned till 1430 hours. The scene was no
different when it reassembled and the Chair adjourned it till
Monday.
Similar scenes were witnessed in the Lok Sabha where
Speaker Meira Kumar appealed to the protesting members to
allow the House to take up private members' business.
Observing that private members' business has not so far
been taken up in this session, she said the members might not
get another opportunity if their items were not taken up
Friday.
"It is my earnest appeal to all sections of the House to
allow private members business", she said before adjourning
the House till 1530 hours.
However, when the House met again, similar protests broke
out and the House was adjourned for the day.
Earlier, when Parliament met for the day, both Houses paid
homage to the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy on its 26th
anniversary and observed silence.
In the Rajya Sabha, Vice President Hamid Ansari regretted
the "indifferent attitude" of authorities in the subsequent
years of the tragedy and said it had compounded the "human
tragedy of unparalleled magnitude". PTI