Lok Sabha adjourned for second consecutive day

New Delhi: For the second consecutive day, Lok Sabha failed to transact any business as proceedings remained paralysed with angry members of DMK and AIADMK disrupting the House seeking an international inquiry into atrocities against ethnic Tamils in the island nation. The House was adjourned three times - first soon after it met for the day, at noon and then at 2 pm - as members of the Dravidian parties stormed the Well raising vociferous slogans against the Sri Lankan government and seeking a resolution in Parliament. [caption id=“attachment_670000” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of Lok Sabha. PTI[/caption] “We want an international inquiry,” chanted AIADMK members, while DMK members shouted, “we want resolution”. They also denounced the Sri Lankan president for the plight of Tamils. Members of Trinamool Congress also trooped into the Well demanding additional rice through PDS for West Bengal. They raised slogans against Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Railway Minister PK Bansal for “ignoring the state” in the matters of development and rail projects. PC Chacko, who was in the Chair, told DMK and AIADMK leaders TR Baalu and M Thambidurai respectively that he was ready to allow them to speak if they called back their members from the Well. But neither appeared interested. After tabling of papers amid din, Chacko adjourned the House till 2 PM. Earlier, DMK members also raised the issue of CBI raids on party leader MK Stalin’s residence in Tamil Nadu on Thursday morning. Trouble broke out soon after Speaker Meira Kumar read out the obituary reference to Bangladesh President Mohammad Zillur Rahman. She tried to continue with the Question Hour but as members were unrelenting she adjourned the House till noon. When the House met again at 2 PM, members from DMK and AIADMK again entered the Well shouting slogans, forcing Deputy Speaker Kariya Munda to call it a day. PTI