Team News Riveting
New Delhi, February 2
The opposition members on Thursday created chaos in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha over the Hindenburg-Adani issue, forcing to adjourn both the Houses of Parliament for the day.
As both the Houses assembled for business today, opposition members disrupted the proceedings and started raising slogans over allegations of irregularities against the Adani Group. Earlier, both the Houses were adjourned until 2 pm after presiding officers rejected calls for deferment of proceedings to discuss the matter. The Congress-led opposition demanded a joint parliamentary committee probe or a day-to-day judicial probe headed by a Supreme Court judge.
Kharge moved the adjournment notice and said, “That this House do suspend Zero Hour and relevant rules relating to Question Hour and other businesses of the day to discuss the issue of investment by LIC, Public Sector Banks and Financial Institutions in companies losing market value, endangering the hard-earned savings of crores of Indians.”
Similar notices were given by CPI(M) leader in Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem, Shiv Sena MP (Uddhav Thackeray faction) Priyanka Chaturvedi, CPI Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam, Bharat Rashtra Samithi Lok Sabha MP Nama Nageswara Rao, BRS Rajya Sabha MP K Keshava Rao, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh among others.
The decision of the joint Opposition to press for a JPC or a judicial investigation was taken at a meeting held in the chambers of Kharge today morning.
Serving the notice under Rule 267, the CPI MP said that money belonging to the people of the country is at risk of “being wiped out” due to the crisis currently unfolding with the Adani group.
“Huge public money belonging to the common people of India is at serious risk of being wiped out in the crisis that is currently unfolding with the Adani group of companies. It is deeply concerning that the Life Insurance Corporation of India (L1C), in which the people of India repose immense trust through their hard-earned money, has a total holding to the tune of Rs 35,917.31 crore as on December 31, 2022, under the Adani group of companies,” the MP said.
Amidst uproar by the opposition members, both the Houses were adjourned for the day.
