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Rajya Sabha adjourns till noon on price rise issue

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

Opposition BJP, SP and Left parties today forced adjournment of the Rajya Sabha till noon without transacting any business over rise in prices of essential commodities and IPL controversy.

Soon after the House met, almost the entire Opposition was on its feet.

The SP, RJD and Left parties, which have given call for a nation-wide strike in protest against price rise, raised the issue of increase in cost of essential commodities, while BJP members were on their feet demanding a JPC to go into the IPL affairs.

Chairman Hamid Ansari asked members to resume their seats and let the Question Hour to proceed. "This is unbecoming (of members)," he said when members raised slogans.
   
"Mr Kamal Akhtar (SP) you are coming to notice. Don't raise slogans," he observed even as the din continued.
   
Minutes into the pandemonium, Ansari adjourned the House till 1200 noon.

 

 

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First Published: Apr 27 2010 | 11:38 AM IST

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