Parliament session ends on sour note

Congress said it will boycott Modi for second part of the session, scheduled from Mar 9 to Apr 13

Acrimony marked the end of the first half of Parliament’s Budget session, marked by bitterness between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.

Members of both tried to shout down the other over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “raincoat” jibe at predecessor Manmohan Singh on Wednesday.

“Only Manmohan Singh knows how to take a bath by wearing a raincoat,” Modi had said, referring to the scandals and other controversies during the former’s second, 2009-14, tenure.

The Congress has said it will boycott Modi for the second part of the session, scheduled from March 9 to April 13. Part one