Both the Houses of the Parliament witnessed adjournments on Monday as treasury benches sought to corner the Congress over the purported remarks of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar relating to the Constitution, reported news agency ANI. The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) attack was led by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and Union Health Minister JP Nadda.

The Congress also hit back with Jairam Ramesh submitting a breach of privilege notice against Rijiju in Rajya Sabha.

Earlier in the day, ruckus erupted in Rajya Sabha over Shivakumar's remarks, with BJP leaders alleging that he had talked of "changing the Constitution".

The Parliamentary Affairs Minister sought clarification from Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, regarding the Congress' position on reservation for Muslims, ANI reported.

He said Shivakumar's remarks were "extremely serious."

Responding to the minister's attack, Kharge said that his party took up the Bharat Jodo Yatra across the country to protect the Constitution.

Rijiju demands Shivakumar's resignation

"Nobody can change the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar. Nobody can finish the reservation. To protect it, we did the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. They (points at NDA MPs) break India," said the Congress leader.

According to ANI, Rijiju also demanded resignation of Shivakumar. He said the constitution framers were against religion-based reservation.

"If you have guts, take resignation of Deputy CM today itself," Rijiju said.

Nadda, who is the Leader of the Upper House, also slammed the Congress over Shivakumar's remarks, and said, "I am saying this with a lot of sadness, the way Congress claims to be a protector of the Constitution but the way they have tried to destroy it. Dr B R Ambedkar had himself said, that reservation would not be done on the basis of the Constitution. But in Karnataka, there is a talk of giving 4 per cent reservation in contract."

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said the remarks should be substantiated.

"The statement to which reference has been made by the Parliamentary Affairs minister, that a functionary of the political party has made a statement...please authenticate and put it on the table of the house," said the Vice-President.

Never stated that we would change the Constitution: Shivakumar