As we've been doing every day, that the Parliament is in session, here's the inside story from both the Houses, by our Delhi correspondent.

In the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Kumari Selja refused to listen to Chairman of the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour today.

Hamid Ansari asked her to complete her reply and not to give into the provacations of Opposition parties, but Selja wanted to read from a prepared text, a report of the past four years' performance.

Ansari said the text can be sent to the MPs and she need not waste her time, but Selja continued reading. Just as Ansari was about to ask her to take her seat, Selja did so.

The House saw a restless Sonia Gandhi, seated in the front row when it opened for business today. She joined Speaker Meira Kumar and asked the Opposition MPs not to rush into the well of the House.

Rahul Gandhi spent over an hour in the Central Hall sipping coffee and eating idli-vada. He was surrounded by at least 25 MPs from the Congress and an equal number of mediapersons. On two or three occasions, there were bursts of of laughter when Rahul was talking about his Uttar Pradesh campaign.