Lok Sabha resumes; Rajya Sabha discussion to begin at 3.15 pm

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 3.15 pm on Wednesday amid protest by opposition parties over the Manipur issue. The House was discussing The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which seeks to add two synonyms for the Mahar community in Chhattisgarh to the state's Scheduled Castes list.
The House adjourned twice successively -- first till 2.45 pm and then till 3.15 pm -- after it met at 2 pm after a brief adjournment as the Opposition continued with its protest. The Rajya Sabha was also adjourned by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar amid a ruckus created by the Opposition members.

Following the resumption, the Ministers laid papers on the table.

Earlier, the Opposition members did not listen to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who asked them to take their seats while saying that the Question Hour was an "important period". An annoyed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla asked the Opposition members, "Have you been sent here to raise slogans". Later, he adjourned the House.

The Lok Sabha session resumed with the Question Hour at 11 am. In the Lower House of Parliament, the Opposition members led by Congress continued to raise slogans against the government. They raised slogans like 'INDIA' in the Lok Sabha. They also raised slogans like 'Manipur' demanding an immediate discussion on the violence in the strife-torn state.

When the proceedings of the Lower House of Parliament resumed, the members paid tributes to the freedom fighters, commemorating the 1942 Quit India Movement. The Lok Sabha members also observed a minute's silence as a tribute. They also paid tribute to the victims of the horrendous atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan on the 78th anniversary.

The Rajya Sabha MPs observed a minute's silence as a tribute to the freedom fighters. Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha will continue the debate on the No-Confidence Motion against the Council of Ministers by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi from noon.