Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid protests over electoral rolls revision

Rajya Sabha proceedings were disrupted yet again on Tuesday as Opposition lawmakers stood firm on their demand for a discussion on the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar The House was adjourned for the day soon after passing two statutory resolutions PTI reportedThe Upper House first adjourned at around 1145 am When it reconvened at 2 pm the Members of Parliament MPs from the Opposition were on their feet pressing for a debate on the Special Intensive Revision SIR of the electoral rolls in BiharAmid the ruckus Deputy Chairman Harivansh who was in the Chair took up two statutory resolutions mdash one to extend Presidentrsquos Rule in Manipur for another six months and another from the Finance Ministry to amend the Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act 1975 PTI reportedAs Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary tabled the resolution related to the Customs Tariff Act the Opposition MPs began raising slogans against SIR The chair put the resolution to vote amid the uproar and it was approvedThe House then moved to the resolution on extending the Presidentrsquos Rule in Manipur Itrsquos a statutory resolution All of us as MPs have to follow constitutional provisions These have a time limit within which they have to be disposed If it is not done you are aware of the problems it can create Harivansh saidSince the beginning of the session we have passed only one Bill he remarked before calling on Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai to move the resolution I sincerely hope members will rise to the occasion use the floor meaningfully and utilise the time in a manner befitting the gravity of the matter and fulfil the Constitutional obligation he addedTrinamool Congress TMC lawmaker Sushmita Dev and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK leader Tiruchi Siva urged the chair to allow a debate on SIR Harivansh however said anything unrelated to the resolution being considered would not go on record reported PTIAs Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party YSRCP MP Subhash Chandra Bose Pilli spoke TMC MPs stood beside him raising slogans against SIRBiju Janata Dal BJD MP Muzibulla Khan followed stating When Manipur law and order situation was bad Section 356 was imposed Today the situation of law and order in Odisha is badDoubleengine government in Manipur failed Has the situation improved after so many months of the Presidentrsquos Rule or not Minister should inform us Centre should take responsibility Removing an elected government and imposing Presidentrsquos Rule repeatedly is also not good he saidSoon after Sushmita Dev entered the Well of the House prompting Marshals to block access points More MPs joined including TMCrsquos Sagarika Ghose Ritabrata Banerjee and Samirul Islam Later Congress and other Opposition MPs also trooped into the Well pushing past the barricadesAs Rai moved the resolution for passing Opposition members shouted Amit Shah jawab do Amit Shah give answers The resolution was passed by voice vote and the House was adjourned for the dayMorning uproar over CISF claimOn Tuesday morning Congress and other Opposition parties created uproar soon after the House met alleging that Central Industrial Security Force CISF personnel had been deployed in the Rajya Sabha last week mdash a claim both the chair and the government firmly denied stating that the personnel belonged to parliamentary security servicesAfter the Zero Hour papers and reports were tabled Harivansh expressed displeasure that Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge had shared with the media a letter he wrote on Friday alleging CISF presence in the HouseThe Chair said such communications are privileged and objected to them being made public He clarified that the security personnel present were from the parliamentary security service which has long been deployed in the HouseHarivansh questioned how slogan shouting entering the Well and disturbing members could be termed a democratic right of protest Kharge responded that the Opposition was protesting democratically and would continue to do so CISF is being brought into the House Are we terrorists he askedHarivansh countered They were not from CISF It was a parliamentary security serviceKharge said the parliamentary security service was wellequipped to protect MPs But do you want to run the House by bringing in police and military he askedParliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju sought clarification on action to be taken against wrong claims by the LoP Only marshals can enter the House That day there were only marshals LoP is misleading and putting forth wrong facts When a misleading letter is written or a wrong fact is presented what action needs to be taken he askedKharge then asked the Chair Are you running the House or Home Minister Amit Shah To this Harivansh said it was a wrong allegationLeader of the House and Union Minister J P Nadda remarked that the Congress should take tuition from him on being an effective Opposition adding that certain actions of MPs amounted not to democratic protest but to anarchyAmid the uproar the House was adjourned till 2 pm Earlier the Chair rejected 34 adjournment notices under Rule 267With PTI inputs