Lok Sabha Adjourned Twice As Opposition Protests Hike In Fuel Prices
NDTV
Petrol and diesel prices were on Tuesday hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last two weeks to Rs 9.20 per litre.
Opposition members on Tuesday disrupted the proceedings in the Lok Sabha by staging vocal protests over hike in fuel prices and other issues, forcing two successive adjournments in the House.
As soon as the House met at 11 am, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and DMK's TR Baalu demanded a discussion on the hike in fuel prices, which were raised 13 times in the last two weeks.
As Speaker Om Birla continued with the Question Hour, members of the Congress, DMK, Trinamool Congress, Left parties stormed the well of the House and raised slogans against the Modi government. Shiv Sena and NCP members too joined the opposition protests.
TRS members too were in the Well of the House, waving placards and raising the issue of paddy procurement in Telangana.
