Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 19: The parliament’s two houses have been suspended until Tuesday at 2 p.m. as opposition MPs sloganeer and demand a discussion on inflation and price hikes.
Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid sloganeering by the opposition MPs over inflation and other issues. Speaker Om Birla adjourned the session, saying that as per recently laid down rules, bringing placards is not allowed inside the house.
The opposition, on the other hand, protests within parliament and outside the Gandhi statue under the leadership of Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge. On the second day of the Monsoon session, Congressman Rahul Gandhi attends an opposition protest against inflation and price increases in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament.
#WATCH Delhi | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi joins Opposition protest over the issues of inflation and price rise, in front of Gandhi statue in Parliament, on the second day of the Monsoon session pic.twitter.com/WK2iJGGufl
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There were also interruptions on the first day of the monsoon session. The Lok Sabha’s morning session was postponed until 2 p.m. so that members could cast their ballots in the presidential election, according to speaker Om Birla. After the newly elected members took the oath and the references from obituaries were read, the house was adjourned.
When chairperson M. Venkaiah Naidu refused to budge on the opposition’s demand for a discussion on price increases, the Rajya Sabha was postponed for the day. Congress and Aam Aadmi Party members gathered around the home’s well and chanted protest signs.
