Rajya Sabha Adjournment: Chaos As Opposition Trooped Into Well Demanding Discussion on India-China

The MPs marched into the well of the House after their request to discuss the India-China border dispute was denied by the Chair.

Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Friday after the Opposition’s demand to discuss the India-China border dispute was rejected by the Chair. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh repeatedly urged House members to allow the proceedings, citing rules, reported ANI. 

Chaos followed the rejection of Opposition requests with MPs marching into the well of the House due to which, the upper house was adjourned till 12 noon. 

Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala gave a Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha earlier in the day to discuss the border situation with China. He also asked the Chairman to ask the Prime Minister and the Government to make a statement on the issue. 

Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge also raised the matter in the House. 

Earlier on Thursday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre saying that their “red eyes” have been covered with “Chinese glasses”.  

“It seems that the ‘red eye’ of the Modi government is covered with Chinese glasses,” Kharge wrote in a tweet.  

 The Congress and other Opposition parties have been demanding a discussion on the issue in the Parliament and have staged walkouts for the last two days.  

“Is it not allowed to speak against China in the Indian Parliament?” Kharge added.  

Congress Lok Sabha MPs, led by party leader Sonia Gandhi, and Trinamool Congress lawmakers on Wednesday walked out of the House, accusing the government of not allowing a discussion on the sensitive India-China border issue. 

On Tuesday, in a statement in both houses of the Parliament, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that no casualty on the Indian side occurred, and no soldier was seriously injured in the brawl that took place on December 9 in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. He said that a Flag Meeting between the Commanders of both sides took place on December 11 and that the matter would be discussed at diplomatic levels too.