RS adjourned till 2 pm, LS proceedings on

August 23, 2011 12:06

Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm.

Proceedings in Lok Sabha still on after it resumed at noon. In the earlier session, the Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj said she has given notice for suspension of Question Hour, claiming that the government cannot wash its hands off the protests which were culmination of "corruption resorted to by the government".
"Scams after scams are being revealed ... the Adarsh society followed by 2G, CWG, Air India and now the KG Basin. People are facing the brunt of price rise and ministers are looting crores (of rupees). People are saying crores are
stashed away in foreign banks and there are no funds to build village roads and gutters in the urban areas," she said. "At such a time, the Lokpal being envisaged in the Bill brought out by the government has neither teeth nor eyes. It
is totally ineffective," Swaraj said.

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