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Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over Uttarakhand as Parliament resumes

India blooms News Service | | Apr 25, 2016, at 05:41 pm

New Delhi, Apr 25 (IBNS) Parliament on Monday witnessed ruckus over the Uttarakhand imbroglio as the opposition broke into loud sloganeering over the demand for immediate discussion on imposition of President's rule in Uttarakhand even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was hopeful about getting opposition support to take good decisions.

As the House began for the second part of the budget session, the Congress raised the Uttarakhand issue in the Rajya Sabha, demanding a debate on the issue.

Accusing the Narendra Modi government of killing democracy, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad demanded that the issue of proclamation of President's rule in the state be discussed.

"You can't go on killing democracy this way. The issue has to be discussed first," he said.

He was supported by senior Congress member Anand Sharma and CPI(M) member Sitaram Yechury.

Sharma said the government was misusing article 356 of the constitution.

Objecting to it, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the provisions of article 356 has to be discussed first before the propriety of imposition of President's rule in Uttarakhand.

As Deputy Chairman P J Kurien was about to give his ruling, a sizable section of the opposition members left their seats to shout slogans against the Modi government.

"We hope to get the opposition's support for Parliament to function and take good decisions," PM Modi said as he headed for Parliament.

Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister hoped that the opposition will cooperate in maintaining smooth functioning of Parliament. "I hope the opposition will cooperate with us and some good decisions will be taken," he said while heading for Parliament.

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