Cong presses for debate on Chinese aggression, forces adjournment in Rajya Sabha

The Opposition Congress on Friday kept pressing for a debate on clashes along the border with China forcing a brief adjournment of proceedings in Rajya SabhaCongress and other opposition parties have been trying to raise the issue since December 13 after reports appeared of clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh In the initial days they staged walkouts but have since Thursday forced adjournmentsOn Friday Congress MPs pressed for acceptance of their notices under rule 267 that sought to set aside the business of the day to take up a debate on the issue but the chair did not permit itThey initially shouted slogans and disrupted issues of public importance being raised by other MPs through zerohour submissions but later trooped into the Well of the House forcing Deputy Chairman Harivansh to adjourn proceedings for 25 minutesWhen the House met for the day Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said his party and other opposition parties have been trying to raise a very serious issue of national securityAlso Read SinoIndia border situation generally stable China Foreign Ministry on Yangtse ClashDiscussions being sought by opposition parties are not being allowed he addedHarivansh said allegations should not be levelled against the chairHe also cited last weeks ruling of Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar expressing inability to accept notices under rule 267 in the absence of such pleas not specifying the particular rule that was being sought to be set asideEight notices under rule 267 were received on Friday but barring one by Raghav Chadha of the AAP none specified the rule that was being sought to be set aside for taking up a discussion he said adding that the notices were under consideration of the chairmanThe notices were to take up a discussion on the Chinese aggression along the border misuse of enforcement agencies against opposition parties and rising unemployment he saidThis however did not satisfy the opposition parties who continued to raise the issue of the clashes along the border with ChinaHarivansh said he had previously cited precedence to state why clarifications on the defence ministers statement over the issue were disallowedWhile the Congress MPs shouted slogans he took up zerohour mentions But the slogan shouting and the disruptions did not stopAfter a couple of zerohour submissions a few Congress MPs trooped into the Well of the House forcing Harivansh to adjourn the proceedings till 12 noonThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever