Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned as Opposition demands discussions on Adani, Manipur
On Wednesday, the United States authorities announced that Gautam Adani had been indicted in a multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme by a New York court.
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Proceedings in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned on Monday, the first day of this year’s Winter Session of Parliament, amid protests from Opposition MPs who demanded a discussion on the alleged bribery charges against the Adani Group by United States authorities.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he had received 13 notices from Opposition MPs asking for a discussion about the “alleged corruption, bribery and financial irregularities of the Adani Group”.
“These notices do not conform to the directives imparted by the chair in this behalf,” Dhankhar said, rejecting the notices. “I have not been able to persuade myself to agree to the same.”
Opposition MPs also submitted notices seeking discussions on the ethnic violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, as well as aid for the victims of the Wayanad landslides earlier this year, reported The Indian Express.
Earlier in the day, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said on social media that the Parliament session should commence with a discussion on the Adani controversy, which he said could harm India’s global image.
“This is what the INDIA bloc parties demand today, for the hard-earned investments of crores of retail investors are at stake,” Kharge said. “We do not need monopolies and cartels to run this country. We need healthy market-driven competition in the private...
