New Delhi, Aug 10 (Agencies): The monsoon session of Parliament entered its last week on Monday even as the opposition Congress appeared unrelenting protesting in the well of the Rajya Sabha. They entered the House with placards and wearing black arm bands.
Twenty five Congress MPs were suspended last week by the Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan for five days for disrupting proceedings leading to the boycott of the House by nine opposition parties, worsening a bitter stand-off and dimming chances of key bills being passed in the monsoon session.
On resumption of the session on Monday, the Janata Dal (U) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) gave notices on various issues. The JD (U) had moved an adjournment motion in RS on Bihar governor's appointment issue while the RJD had given notice on the Jharkhand stampede incident.
Both the adjournment motions were, however, disallowed by the speaker.
Following protests by Congress and heated exchanges between Opposition and treasury benches, Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon.
The Lok Sabha, too, was adjourned till noon due to Opposition uproar over Lalit Modi, Vyapam controversies. The speaker adjourned the House after Congress rejected SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's suggestion that she convenes a meeting to break logjam.
Before the session resumed, the BJP managers had tried to reach out to the Opposition parties to pass, at least, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill, but there are apprehensions of a fresh round of protests.
Union minister of state for environment and forest, Prakash Javadekar had alleged during a press conference that the Congress is trying hard to block the nation's development by creating a logjam situation in Parliament.