It was the first such incident since 2004 Lok Sabha A resolution was passed thanking the President on Thursday Draupadi Murmu Without replying to the Prime Minister’s speech for his speech in the Joint Session of Parliament during the Budget Session.
Opposition MPs created ruckus in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of Parliament in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Parliament TV/ANI video grab)Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to respond to the motion of thanks in the President’s address on Wednesday. However, the Speaker adjourned the Lok Sabha after repeated interruptions and sloganeering by the opposition members. Follow live updates here.
On Thursday, the Lok Sabha session, which began at 11 am, was adjourned soon after India Bloc MPs raised slogans targeting Prime Minister Modi and the Centre. The opposition MPs raised the issue of the alleged denial of the right to speak to Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
The opposition has been protesting against the Center for allegedly barring Rahul Gandhi from addressing the Lower House and was able to quote General MM Naravane’s unpublished memoirs on the 2020 China standoff in Parliament.
What happened in 2004?In 2004, the BJP prevented then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from responding to the vote of thanks in the President’s address.
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Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh shared a video of Singh’s address X from March 10, 2005.
In the clip, the former prime minister referred to the June 10, 2004 incident when he was not allowed to reply to the motion of thanks.
