TMC MPs on Thursday tore papers and flung them into the air, throwing the Rajya Sabha into bedlam as Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw read a statement on the alleged snooping using an Israeli company spyware Pegasus.

The minister could not complete his statement and instead laid a copy of it on the table of the House. Deputy Chairman Harivansh asked members to desist from unparliamentary behaviour, before adjourning the proceedings of the House for the rest of the day.