Parliament has been adjourned sine die
9 May 2013 7:39 AM IST
Both houses of parliament were adjourned sine die on Wednesday, two days ahead of schedule. The budget session, which started on 21 February, was in recess between 22 March and 22 April, and was scheduled to end on 10 May. However, as the second half of the session was marred by protests, it failed to transact much business. The two houses were first adjourned till noon, within minutes of assembling at 11 a.m., as the BJP once again raised its pitch,demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two ministers.
The scene was the same when the Lok Sabha assembled at noon. Following this, speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house sine die. In the Rajya Sabha, though there was a ruckus at noon as well, peace was restored to bid farewell to members who are retiring soon. Chairman Hamid Ansari also asked the members to introspect if the balance between deliberation, legislation and accountability had been lost due to regular disruption of the proceedings. He also did not give an account of the work done by the upper house, as is the routine practice, saying this was in the ‘public domain’.
‘Work done and not done is in the public domain, there is no need for a commentry on the experience,’ Ansari said. Ansari added, ‘Has the membership of this august body assessed the impact of disruptive behaviour on public opinion?’
The second half of the budget session hardly saw any transaction of business, with the opposition creating a ruckus and demanding resignation of the prime minister, law minister Ashwani Kumar and
railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.
The opposition continued its attack on the Prime Minister over coal block allocations.
The scene was the same when the Lok Sabha assembled at noon. Following this, speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house sine die. In the Rajya Sabha, though there was a ruckus at noon as well, peace was restored to bid farewell to members who are retiring soon. Chairman Hamid Ansari also asked the members to introspect if the balance between deliberation, legislation and accountability had been lost due to regular disruption of the proceedings. He also did not give an account of the work done by the upper house, as is the routine practice, saying this was in the ‘public domain’.
‘Work done and not done is in the public domain, there is no need for a commentry on the experience,’ Ansari said. Ansari added, ‘Has the membership of this august body assessed the impact of disruptive behaviour on public opinion?’
The second half of the budget session hardly saw any transaction of business, with the opposition creating a ruckus and demanding resignation of the prime minister, law minister Ashwani Kumar and
railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.
The opposition continued its attack on the Prime Minister over coal block allocations.
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