In the Rajya Sabha today

August 05, 2013 13:24

Here's what happened in the Rajya Sabha today before it was adjourned till 2 pm.

The House condemned the serial bomb blasts at Mahabodhi temple in Gaya district of Bihar and the Maoist attack on a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh that led former Union minister V C Shukla and senior party leader Mahendra Karma dead.

Mentioning of death of 23 children due to food poisoning after consuming midday meal at a school in Bihar, Chairman Hamid Ansari said the loss was "painful and sad".

The Chairman also made a reference to flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand killing 580 persons and injuring 4,473 persons while 5,526 persons were still missing.

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