The impasse over the demand for a joint parliamentary committee probe into 2G spectrum allocation disrupted the Question Hour in Parliament for the 22nd day on Monday as both government and the opposition stuck to their positions.
Opposition members, mainly from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Samajwadi Party, trooped into the well in Lok Sabha as soon as Speaker Meira Kumar completed the obituary references to victims of the Parliament attack nine years ago. The opposition members raised slogans like "We want JPC", and "Form JPC or quit power".
During this time, members from the ruling parties shouted, "We want PAC".
After the din continued for five minutes, Kumar adjourned the House till 12 noon. Earlier, when the House met for the day, she said, "Nine years ago, in a brazen attack, terrorists sought to unsuccessfully hit at the very edifice of our democratic polity, the Parliament of India."
Soon after Rajya Sabha paid homage to those killed in the Parliament attack, Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam members trooped into the well, demanding JPC probe into irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation.
"We want JPC," they shouted even as Chairman Hamid Ansari took up the first listed question of the day. With members not relenting, he adjourned the House till 12 noon. Earlier, Ansari paid tributes to nine security personnel who gave up their life while fighting the terrorists when they attacked Parliament.
"December 13, 2010 marks the 9th anniversary of the dastardly attack on Parliament by terrorists, the House recalls heroic deeds and supreme sacrifices by our security personnel who laid down their lives, while preventing the entry of terrorists in Parliament," he said.
"The deceased set an example of supreme sacrifice. The House pays homage and condemns the incident in unequivocal terms," he said.
The members observed silence in both Houses as a mark of respect to those killed in the attack.
