Budget Session: Protest in Parliament over Mahakumbh stampede
The opposition MPs also sought a complete list of those who died in the stampede.
The opposition MPs also sought a complete list of those who died in the stampede.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday began her budgetary speech in the Lok Sabha amid loud protests by Opposition MPs, who demanded an immediate discussion on the recent Mahakumbh stampede.
The state Assembly leader of Opposition, Umang Singhar, raised the issue in the House today, the third day of the five-day ongoing winter session. He demanded that Shah must tender an apology for his statement.
The death of a civic volunteer sparked a ruckus this morning at the Canning Sub-Divisional Hospital, in South 24-Parganas.
As proceedings of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) commenced, the BJP councilors stormed into the well of the House, and began shouting slogans against Kejriwal and demanding his resignation.
During the meeting, BJP councilors alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was trying to skip the election of the committee for fear of losing the majority.
The assembly proceedings were adjourned till March 13.
The grouse of the protesters was that Lufthansa Airlines had cancelled two of its international flights without giving prior information to the passengers.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, currently on a tour of North Bengal, is said to be concerned about the inter-party violence inside the House primarily because it conveys an unpalatable signal about the state-of-affairs in West Bengal. The timing of the violence is unfortunate because it occurs on the eve of the Bengal Global Business Summit.
The ruling Trinamul Congress MLA Asit Majumar, who represents Chinsurah assembly constituency in Hooghly was taken to SSKM hospital allegedly with a broken nose. Later, he alleged that Suvendu Adhikari had assaulted him.
