Parl adjourned for the day after obituary references

New Delhi: Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on the first day of the Winter Session Tuesday after paying homage to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and several sitting and former members who passed away recently.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan paid tributes to Vajpayee, Chatterjee, Union Minister Ananth Kumar and three sitting members.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu remembered the contribution of former prime minister Vajpayee, the former Lok Sabha Speaker and several former members.

While reading out the

obituary reference for Vajpayee, who passed away on August 16 after a prolonged illness,

Mahajan said he was one

of the most outstanding member of Parliament and enjoyed respect across the political spectrum.

In the Rajya Sabha, Naidu recalled the contribution made by Vajpayee during his long parliamentary career and as his tenure as prime minister for three times.