Guwahati News Desk: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday, passed the Essential Defence Services Bill-2021, amidst protests done by the opposition members.
As per the sources, at 11 am when the House assembled, the opposition members came and started sloganeering over the alleged snooping through the Pegasus software and demanded scrapping of the three farm laws enacted last year.
When questions relating to agriculture and farmers’ welfare came for discussion during the Question Hour, the speaker Om Birla asked the protesting members to raise farmers-related queries in the House.
Birla stated, “I wanted you to question the Minister with regard to farmers welfare, but you are engaging in sloganeering which is not acceptable… You don’t want to discuss farm issues…”
However, members from opposition parties continued their sloganeering.
The speaker after allowing the Question Hour to continue for about 40 minutes amidst the protests, adjourned the House for 20 minutes till 12 noon.
The House re-assembled at noon and the opposition protests continued.
Senior MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, who was in the chair, first allowed the papers related to various ministries to be laid in the House. He also announced that the adjournment motion moved by a few members were rejected by the Speaker.
As the protests continued, Mahtab appealed to the opposition members to go to their seats so that the House could function normally. But the opposition continued to ignore his plea, for which, Mahtab adjourned the House till 2 pm after only 10 minutes of business.
However, the Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021 was passed and the proceedings were then adjourned till 4 pm.