Ruckus in Houses even as hectic political developments brew outside

In Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee met K Chandrashekhar Rao to take forward their efforts at giving shape to a non-Congress and non-BJP federal front for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls

The impasse in Parliament over the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government continued on Monday, but hectic political developments were on outside.

The two Houses could not transact any business because of disruptions. The Lok Sabha could not take up the no-confidence motion. The government, with its majority in the House, it was willing to face the motion, and blamed the Opposition for disruptions.

Opposition parties blamed the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for playing into the hands of the government by disrupting proceedings. There was also disagreement over whether normalcy was a prerequisite for a