After days of disruptions, the Lok Sabha took up the entire Qu🧸estion Hour which was followed by the Zero Hour with members raising issues related to their constituencies.
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday saw repeated adjournments following spats between the treasury and the opposition benches on various issues including the Manipur situation, the BJP's allegations on Co𒁃ngress leaders' links with billionaire George Soros and remarks made on Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
After days of disruptions, th💞e Lok Sabha took up the entire Question Hour which was followed by the Zero Hour with members raising issues related to their constituencies.
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal hit back, accusing the Congress leadership of having links with Soros-backed outfits that were allegedly working to destabilise𓆉 India.
As the opposition and treasury ben🧜ches traded charges, BJP member🧸 Sandhya Ray, who was in the chair, adjourned the proceedings till 2 pm.
When the House reconvened, the Railway (Amendment) Bill, which was pending for days, wa𓄧s passed following a debate.
There were fresh verbal clasﷺhes when TMC's Kalyan Banerjee was speaking during a discussion on the amendments to the Disaster Management Act.
The TMC member alleged non-cooperation by the central government during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai countered it, saying it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who helped all the states and su꧃ccessfully handled the crisis by taking everyone along.
Rai also alleged that the West Bengal government tried to put hurdles in the transportation of the Covid vaccinꦕes t🦩hrough the state.
Scindia stood up to support Rai, saying that India had emerged as a "Vishwa Bandhu" during the pandemic and hel🧜ped all the needy countries across the world.
Following this, Banerjee attacked Scindia and made certain remarks agai𓂃nst the minister which were expunged by Speaker Om Birla after an uproar.
The verbal🗹 spat between the treasury a♊nd opposition benches led to adjournment.
When the House reconvened, Banerje♔e apologised for his remarks, but Scindia refused to accept it, saying the opposition members should desist from making per🍸sonal attacks.
"Mr Kalyan Banerjee rose in this House and said sorry. But I will say that w🍰e all come to this House with the spirit of 𒁃contributing to the nation's development... but we also come with a sense of self-respect.
"Any individual i🍸n their lives will not stand compromising with their self-respect. Attack us on 🎶our policies, on our views, but if you will get personal, certainly be prepared for the response," the Union minister said.
"He has apologised... I do not accept his apology for the personal a🃏ttack that he had made on me an🅺d on the women of India," he said.
Banerjee𒀰 apologised again b⛦ut protests from treasury benches continued.
A Raja, who w꧙as presiding the House, said the two have settled the matter between themselves. But as uproar continued, he adjourned the proceedings till 5 pm.
When the House re-assembled, a Samajwadi Party member started speaking on the Bill. But noisy protests by the treasury benꦡches continued, after which the Chair adjourned the House for the day.