Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 10:30 am on Tuesday amid protest and sloganeering by opposition members on the three new farm laws.
Opposition parties including the Congress, Left, TMC and DMK staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha after their demand for suspension of business of the day to take up a discussion on more than two-month-old farmers’ agitation was rejected by the Chairman.
The opposition parties had given notice under rule 267 calling for the suspension of business of the day to take up discussion on the ongoing agitation by farmers on Delhi borders against three new farm laws.
When the House met for the day, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said he has received notice under rule 267 from various members but the issue can be raised during the discussion on motion of thanks to the President’s address to the joint sitting of both House of Parliament.
The President, he said, had referred to the farmer’s agitation in his address made at the start of the Budget session of Parliament…