Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Thursday amid continuous noisy protests by opposition benches over Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks related to B R Ambedkar.
The House was adjourned for the first time soon after it met at 11 AM following noisy protests by the Opposition seeking an apology from Shah for his remarks on Ambedkar.
As soon as the House met, opposition members were on their feet raising their voices and staging protests.
Speaker Om Birla tried to pacify them and announced the demise of former union minister E V K S Elangovan, who was a member of the Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu.
After he paid tributes to the departed leader, the House observed silence for sometime.
As soon as the obituary reference was over, the opposition members again staged noisy protests. Birla immediately adjourned the House till 2 pm.
At 2 PM, the noisy protests continued and Dilip Saikia adjourned the proceedings for the day.
The government had listed a resolution for Thursday to refer the two bills on simultaneous bills to a joint committee of the two Houses.