Parliament proceedings were washed out following uproar over Telangana and a number of other issues today for the second straight day which also saw three members, including one from Congress, giving notices for a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
Both the Houses were disrupted as members created uproar over creation of separate Telangana state, harassment of Tamil fishermen by Sri Lanka, 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Pathribal fake encounter case and killing of a student from Arunachal Pradesh in Delhi last week.
Trouble started in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha as soon as they met for the day, leading to adjournments. While Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day few minutes after noon, Rajya Sabha was adjourned immediately after convening at 2 PM.
The Lok Sabha saw members from Andhra Pradesh, cutting across party lines, storming the Well shouting slogans in favour or against separate Telangana. While YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy as also several members from Seemandhra were holding placards for 'United Andhra Pradesh', those from Telangana wanted the bill for the separate state to be brought early.
TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao and his party colleague Vijaya Shanthi were, however, in the aisle.
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill is expected to come before Parliament next week and the state is sharply divided on regional lines on the issue.
Meanwhile, Sabbam Hari (Cong), M Venugopala Reddy (TDP) and M Rajamohan Reddy (YSR Congress), who are opposed to division of the state, gave the notices for no-confidence motion just before the House met for the day.
Speaker Meira Kumar expressed her inability to ascertain the support for the notices in view of the disruptions.
She repeatedly appealed to agitating members to go back to their seats, contending that unless the House is in order, she will not be in a position to count the 50 members, whose backing is required for admitting such notices.
