Both houses of parliament were adjourned till 2 p.m. Tuesday after opposition members disrupted proceedings to protest the killings of five Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops in Poonch and the creation of Telangana.
As soon as the two houses met at noon after the first adjournment, there were heated scenes with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacking the Congress party over the killings while the Seemandhra MPs kept up continuous slogan-shouting over the creation of Telangana state.
In the Lok Sabha, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha was speaking on the killings but his speech was drowned out by the protesting Seemandhra MPs. The speaker then adjourned the house till 2 p.m.
In the Rajya Sabha too, protesting BJP and Seemandhra MPs kept raising slogans, forcing Chairman Hamid Ansari to adjourn the house again till 2 p.m.
Protests by MPs opposed to creation of Telangana also marred proceedings in both houses of parliament Monday, the first day of the monsoon session, and finally forced adjournment for the day.
