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1 DISRUPTIONS IN THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT - ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE

CONTENTS

A. The 230th Session of the Rajya Sabha (December, 2013 – February, 2014) [Winter Session 2013-2014] (‘RS I’)………………………….2

B. The Fifteenth Session of the 15th Lok Sabha (December, 2013 – February, 2014) [Winter Session 2013-14] (‘LS I’)………………….34

C. The 236th Session of the Rajya Sabha (21st July- 13th August, 2015) [Monsoon Session 2015] (‘RS II’)……………………………………….72

D. The Fifth Session of the 16th Lok Sabha (21st July- 13th August, 2015) [Monsoon Session 2015] (‘LS II’)……………………………………87


A. The 230th Session of the Rajya Sabha (December, 2013 – February, 2014) [Winter Session 2013-2014] (‘RS I’)

S.No. DATE OF

THE DEBATE

MAIN TOPICS OF THE

DEBATE/

DISCUSSION

DETAILS OF THE DISRUPTIONS/INTERRUPTIONS NUMBER OF

DISRUPTIONS/

INTERRUPTIONS

POSSIBLE CAUSE/S

1. 05.12.2013 Reference to victims

of terrorist attack in

a shopping mall in

Nairobi, Kenya;

super typhoon,

Yolanda (Haiyan), in

Philippines; Boeing

737 air crash in

Kazan in Russia;

stampede on a

bridge leading to

Ratangarh temple in

Datia district of

Madhya Pradesh;

cyclone ‘Phailin’ in

Odisha and Andhra

Pradesh and

cyclonic storm

‘Helen’ in Andhra

Pradesh; and tragic

luxury bus accidents

on Bangalore-

Hyderabad national

highway in Andhra

Pradesh and in

Haveri, Karnataka.

While the Chairman was in the middle of

his speech, Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu

interjected (and disrupted the House) to

specifically point to the cyclone ‘Phailin’

in Odisha. Thereafter, when the

Chairman’s speech was almost over, Mr.

M. Venkaiah Naidu, Mr. Balbir Punj, Mr. V.

Hanumantha Rao, Mr. Mohammad Adeeb,

Mr. KC Tyagi and Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad

interjected (and disrupted the House) and

pointed towards the need to recognise

other incidents of violence against

individuals and the deaths of individuals

in other parts of India, namely in Patna,

Muzaffarnagar and Telangana. This

exchange happened amidst incessant

interruptions.

24 interruptions and 6

disruptions

The reasons for the

interruptions appear to

be related to the

exclusion of certain

incidents of violence

and deaths in other

parts of India.

The House was

thereafter adjourned

for the day as a mark of

respect to the memory

of Mr. Mohan Singh, a

sitting member.


2. 06.12.2013 Obituary reference

to former South

African President

Nelson Mandela.

None None None

3. 09.12.2013 Reference to the

victims of tragic

incidents of violence

in Muzaffarnagar

and Patna.

When the Chairman was making his

statement on the loss of lives in

Muzaffarnagar, Mr. Brajesh Pathak, Mr.

Satish Chandra Mishra and several other

persons interrupted the House.

Constant disruptions after the

commencement of Question Hour by Mr.

Satish Chandra Mishra, Mr. Naresh

Agarwal and Dr. V. Maitreyan, who

displayed banners in the House and

incessantly disrupted the proceedings.

Eventually, the House was adjourned.

When the House resumed, the Deputy

Chairman announced the commencement

of the paper presentations. At this point,

there were disruptions by Mr. Satish

Chandra Mishra, Mr. Naresh Agarwal, Mr.

Rapolu and Prof. Ramgopal Yadav, who

wished to speak on various issues.

However, the paper presentations

proceeded as announced. These

disruptions continued after the paper

presentations and made it difficult for the

44 disruptions and 10

interruptions

The interruptions were

a result of the content

of the speech of the

Chairman on the loss of

lives in Muzaffarnagar

and in Patna.

The disruptions were a

result of the suspension

of the Question Hour.

Some members also

wanted time to speak

about various issues

that they felt were of

public concern. These

issues related to the

JPC Report on the 2G

Scam, price rise, and

the Telangana issue.


continuance of the proceedings over

various issues including the Constitution

(Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment)

Bill, 2013. Consequently, the House was

adjourned till the next day.

4. 10.12.2013 Report of the Joint

Parliamentary

Committee to

examine matters

relating to

allocation and

pricing of Telecom

Licences and

Spectrum was

tabled before the

House.

The Assam

Legislative Council

Bill, 2013 was

introduced. The

Readjustment of

Representation of

Scheduled Castes

and Scheduled

Tribes in

Parliamentary and

Assembly

Constituencies

(Second) Bill, 2013

was withdrawn. The

At the beginning of the proceedings, Mr.

Birendra Prasad Baishya attempted to

disrupt the proceedings of the House.

However, the Chairman asked him to wait

for his turn and continued with the speech

on Human Rights day.

As soon as the Question Hour commenced,

there were incessant disruptions and

interjections by several members of the

House, some of whom also displayed

banners in the House. These members

included Dr. V. Maitreyan, Mr. Derek

O’Brien, Mr. Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Mr.

Naresh Agarwal, Prof. Ramgopal Yadav,

Mr. Birendra Prasad Baishya, Mr. D. Raja,

and Mr. N. Balaganga. The continuous

disruptions eventually led to the

adjournment of the House.

As soon as the House reassembled, there

were disruptions and interjections again

by Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Mr. Naresh

Agarwal.


interruptions

Each member

supported his own

cause and attempted to

disrupt the proceedings

of the House.

One of the reasons for

the disruptions was the

content of the JPC

Report and the manner

in which it was

discussed in the House.


Readjustment of

Representation of

Scheduled Castes

and Scheduled

Tribes in

Parliamentary and

Assembly

Constituencies

(Third) Bill, 2013

was introduced.

When the Report of the Joint

Parliamentary Committee to examine

matters relating to allocation and pricing

of telecom licences and spectrum was laid

before the House, there were incessant

disruptions and interjections. Dr. Najma

A. Heptulla, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Mr.

M. Venkaiah Naidu, Dr. V. Maitreyan, Mr.

Thakar Chand Gehlot, Mr. Shantaram Naik

and Mr. Prasanta Chatterjee continuously

disrupted the House and did not let the

proceedings go on smoothly.

The Readjustment of Representation of

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in

Parliamentary and Assembly

Constituencies (Third) Bill, 2013 was

introduced by Mr. Kapil Sibal, and the

Readjustment of Representation of

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in

Parliamentary and Assembly

Constituencies (Second) Bill, 2013 was

withdrawn amidst continuous disruptions.

Eventually, the House was adjourned until

the next day.

5. 11.12.2013 The Constitution

(Scheduled Castes)

Orders

(Amendment) Bill,

2013 was sought to

be discussed but


Mr. Naresh Agarwal, Mr. Brajesh Pathak

and Mr. Karim Puri incessantly disrupted

the House and interjected during the

proceedings. Due to this, the Chairman


interruptions

Mr. Agarwal and Mr.

Pathak appeared to

disrupt the House in

order to discuss the

matter of 17 OBCs of

Uttar Pradesh, which,


could not be, due to

disruptions.

was forced to adjourn the House for an

hour.

As soon as the House reassembled, Mr. M.

Venkaiah Naidu and Mr. Naresh Agarwal

disrupted the House and started to speak

on various issues of public concern.

However, the Deputy Chairman continued

with the proceedings and asked the

Minister of Defence (Mr. A.K. Antony) to

put forward the answer to the Un-starred

Q. No. 2064 regarding the Defence

personnel killed in 26/11.

Right after Mr. Namo Narain Meena made

his presentation, Mr. Naidu started to

disrupt the House incessantly and

expressed his wish to discuss the 2G

Report. He stated that he and his

associates would not cooperate with the

Government on any matter discussed

before the House until the 2G report was

discussed in the House. The Deputy

Chairman stated that he could make his

point after the House was in order and the

‘Zero Hour’ had begun. However, the

incessant disruptions continued and the

House was adjourned.

As soon as the House reassembled, the

Chairman made a statement about

they felt, must be

included in the list of

Schedule Castes.

Mr. Naidu wanted to

discuss the JPC report

before the House.

Some members were

protesting over the

death of children in

Muzaffarnagar Relief

Camps, while others

were protesting over

the Telangana issue.


discussing the Constitution (Scheduled

Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2013.

However, due to continuous disruptions,

the Chairman was unable to run the

House. These incessant disruptions led

the Chairman to eventually adjourn the

House.

6. 12.12.2013 The Governors

(Emoluments,

Allowances and

Privileges)

Amendment Bill,

2013 was sought to

be moved for

consideration.

However, the

disruptions did not

let it happen.

As soon as the Question Hour was slated

to begin, a number of members, namely

Mr. Shivanand Tiwari, Mr. Satish Chandra

Mishra and Dr. V. Maitreyan started

incessantly disrupting the House and

interjected the opening statement of the

Chairman. Due to these disruptions, the

Chairman adjourned the House till noon.

As soon as the House reassembled, Mr.

Shivanand Tiwari and Mr. Satish Chandra

Mishra attempted to disrupt the House

again. However, the daily proceedings

moved forward with presentation of

papers.

When the House reassembled at 2:00 pm

after an adjournment due to disruptions,

the Deputy Chairman asked Mr.

Mallikarjun Kharge to make his

presentation on the Supplementary

Demands for Grants (Railways) 2013-14,

and thereafter, the Minister of State in


interruptions

The disruptions may

have been caused due

to the various issues

that different members

wished to discuss. For

instance, some

members wanted the

resignation of former

Justice (Retd.) A.K.

Ganguly, from the post

of Chairman of the

West Bengal Human

Rights Commission due

to sexual harassment

charges against him.

There were also

disruptions by some

members over the

arrest of Indian

fishermen by the Sri

Lankan Navy, the death

of children in

Muzaffarnagar Relief

Camps, and the

Telangana issue.


the Ministry of Home Affairs (Mr. R.P.N.

Singh) to move a motion for consideration

of the Governors (Emoluments,

Allowances and Privileges) Amendment

Bill, 2013. However, both these

announcements were amidst incessant

disruptions by Mr. Shivanand Tiwari and

Mr. Sabir Ali, and a few other members.

While Mr. Kharge completed his

statement, Mr. R.P.N. Singh was unable to

move the motion for consideration and

the House was adjourned.

There were also

protests over the letter

written by Home

Minister to the Chief

Minister of Bihar on the

Naxal issue.

7. 13.12.2013 Mr. Birendra Prasad

Baishya spoke about

the brave act of an

Assamese girl.

Mr. Naresh Agarwal

spoke about the

allotment of time

for the private

members’ business.

The Minister of State

in the Ministry of

Personnel, Public

Grievances and

Pensions (Mr. V.

Narayanasamy),

moved a motion to

As soon as the proceedings began, the

Chairman’s speech was disrupted by Mr.

Naresh Agarwal and Mr. Birendra Prasad

Baishya, who interjected and expressed

their desire to speak.

The Question Hour began with incessant

disruptions from several members of the

House, including Mr. Naresh Agarwal, Mr.

Birendra Prasad Baishya and Mr.

Shivanand Tiwari, who either interjected

the speech of the Chairman,

demonstrated posters, or approached the

Well of the House (which is against the

Rules of the House).

Due to incessant disruptions by both Mr.

Agarwal and Mr. Baishya, the Deputy


interruptions

The disruptions took

place because Mr.

Baishya wanted to

discuss the act of

bravery of an Assamese

girl, and Mr. Agarwal

wanted to question the

ruling of the Chairman.

The disruptions may

have been related to

the contents of the

Lokpal and Lokayukta

Bill, which is meant to

check corruption in

public offices. Mr.

Agarwal wished for an

opportunity to discuss a

specific issue of


take the Lokpal and

Lokayuktas Bill,

2011, into

consideration.

Chairman allowed them to speak.

However, the speeches of both persons

took place amidst continuous disruptions

and interjections by various members,

including Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad and DR.

V. Maitreyan. When the Chairman refused

to allow Mr. Agarwal to continue, the

latter continuously interrupted the

proceedings of the House and made

derogatory remarks.

The introduction of the motion to take the

Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 into

consideration was followed by incessant

disruptions by several unknown members.

Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad also disrupted the

House by specifically interjecting and

asking the Chairman to control the House.

Due to this, discussion on the Bill did not

go further and the House was adjourned

multiple times.

Mr. Naresh Agarwal incessantly disrupted

the House and did not let the Deputy

Chairman or the Minister of State

continue the discussion on the Bill. The

speeches of the Chairman and the Minister

continued amidst continuous disruptions

that appear to have become out of

control. Ultimately, the discussion on the

Bill could not proceed, and the House was

adjourned.

inflation and the rise in

prices and continuously

disrupted the House for

this purpose.

Other disruptions

related to the same

issues that had led to

disruptions on the

previous day.


8. 16.12.2013 Obituary reference

of Mr. Sis Ram Ola.

None None None

9. 17.12.2013 The House moved on

to the discussion of

the Lokpal and

Lokayukta Bill.

There were

speeches by various

members on the

text of the Lokpal

Bill. Thereafter,

there was a clause-

by-clause analysis of

the Bill.

Several members

made a demand for

resignation of


Ganguly as

Chairman of the

West Bengal Human

Rights Commission

Mr. Anand Sharma

made a statement

on the outcome of

the 9th WTO

Ministerial

Conference at Bali

When the Chairman was expressing his

opinion on the suspension of the Question

Hour, Mr. Naresh Agarwal and Prof.

Ramgopal Yadav interjected his speech

and incessantly disrupted the House.

Despite this, the Chairman accepted the

notice to suspend the Question Hour and

take up discussion on the Bill. Thereafter,

the House was adjourned till noon.

During the presentation of papers, Mr.

Naresh Agarwal, Mr. Derek O’Brien and

Mr. Ram Gopal Yadav disrupted the House

and interjected the statement of the

Deputy Chairman. The Deputy Chairman

told Mr. Naresh Agarwal that Mr. Ram

Gopal Yadav will be given time to speak

after the paper presentations.

As soon as the discussion was about to

begin, Mr. Ram Gopal Yadav, Mr. Derek

O’Brien, and Mr. Sukhendu Sekhar Roy

interrupted the Deputy Chairman’s

statement and disrupted the House. When

the Chairman yielded to Mr. Ram Gopal

Yadav’s request for time to speak, Mr.

Derek O’Brien, and Mr. Sukhendu Sekhar

Roy incessantly disrupted the House and


interruptions

A number of notices

were sent to the Chair

for the suspension of

the Question Hour. A

number of disruptions

were a consequence of

these notices.

The reasons for

disruptions pertained

to - the need for Justice

(Retd.) AK Ganguly to

resign after allegations

of sexual harassment

had been made against

him by his clerk, and

the issues regarding the

Lokpal and Lokayukta

Bill.


from 3 to 7

December 2013,

which he attended.

interjected the Deputy Chairman. They

did not let Mr. Ram Gopal Yadav’s speech

continue. Eventually, the Deputy

Chairman had to let Mr. O’Brien speak and

then had to let Mr. Yadav speak.

Discussions on the Lokpal Bill proceeded

with Mr. Kapil Sibal making the opening

speech. While there were minor

interruptions and disagreements between

members over the content of the Bill, the

discussions on the Bill more or less

continued unabated. The clause-by-

clause analysis of the Bill was also

completed in time and resulted in the

adoption of the Bill. There were minor

interruptions throughout, but they did not

disrupt the proceedings of the House.

10. 18.12.2013 The proceedings

began with a

condemnation of

the arbitrary arrest

of a lady Indian

Diplomat in the

United States by

various leaders.

The Representation

of People (Second

Amendment and

As soon as the proceedings began,

numerous members of the House started

to disrupt the speech of the Chairman.

Eventually, the House was adjourned and

the Chairman asked the leaders of the

political parties to see him in his

chamber. Thereafter, there was a speech

by Mr. Arun Jaitley on the incident.

Subsequently, the Minister of Commerce

and Industry (Mr. Anand Sharma) wished

to express his opinion on the issue,

however there were incessant disruptions


interruptions

The members

disrupting the House

wanted to discuss the

diplomatic row over the

incident concerning the

Indian consul Ms.

Devyani Khobragade.

Some members also

wanted an official

statement on the

incident from the

Congress government.


Validation) Bill,

2013 was withdrawn

by the Minister of

Finance, Mr. P.

Chidambaram.

Mr. Prasanta

Chatterjee led the

discussion on the

nexus between

political leaders and

Chit Funds.

Mr. K. N. Balagopal

led the discussion on

the sharp fall in

prices of natural

rubber in the

country.

Mr. K. C. Tyagi led

the discussion on

the plight of

sugarcane farmers

in the country,

particularly in Uttar

Pradesh.

Mr. P. Chidambaram

laid the

Appropriation (No.

from several members, especially by Mr.

Naresh Agarwal.

Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra incessantly

disrupted the House when Ms. Mayawati

was speaking on the same issue. Due to

pressure from the House, Mr. Salman

Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs,

attempted to make a statement on the

issue, but several members heckled Mr.

Khurshid during his speech, and disrupted

the proceedings of the House.

There were several disruptions during and

after the speech of Mr. K. N. Balagopal

and the Minister of Commerce and

Industry (Mr. Anand Sharma) on the issue.

There were incessant disruptions during

and after the speeches of all speakers for

all the issues. In the meantime, the

Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, and the

National Institutes of Technology, Science

Education and Research (Amendment)

Bill, 2013, as passed by the Lok Sabha,

were laid before the House for

consideration. There was not much

discussion on either of the bills, but only

incessant disruptions over the content of

the speeches.

There were disruptions

on the introduction of

the Constitution (One

Hundred and

Nineteenth

Amendment) Bill, 2013

as well.

The disruptions

primarily related to the

content of the speeches

and the issues for

discussion. In some

cases, the disrupting

members wanted time

to raise certain issues,

which in their opinion,

were of serious public

concern.


5) Bill, 2013, the

Appropriation

(Railways) No.4 Bill,

2013 and the

Statutory Resolution

Approving

Notification No.

44/2013-Customs,

Dated 17th

September, 2013

before the House.

The two bills were

returned to the Lok

Sabha and the

Resolution was

adopted.

Clarifications were

made on Statement

Re. the Ninth

Ministerial

Conference of WTO

at Bali in Indonesia.

Mr. Salman Khurshid

introduced the

Constitution (One

Hundred and

Nineteenth

Amendment) Bill,

2013.

Motions were adopted to take the

Appropriation (No. 5) Bill, 2013, and the

Statutory Resolution Approving

Notification No. 44/2013-Customs, Dated

17th September, 2013, and the

Appropriation (Railways) No.4 Bill, 2013

into consideration. However, discussions

on both bills were short, and both bills

were returned. Thereafter, the

Constitution (One Hundred and

Nineteenth Amendment) Bill, 2013, was

introduced by Mr. Salman Khurshid amidst

incessant disruptions by various members,

who wanted the Bill withdrawn. The

persons disrupting included Mr. Sukhendu

Sekhar Roy, Mr. Ramvilas Paswan, Mr. V.

Hanumantha Rao, Mr. Balbir Punj, Mr.

Chowdhury Munnavar Salim, Mr. Naresh

Agarwal, Mr. Birendra Prasad Baishya and

various other members.


There were short

speeches on a

number of other

topics during the

proceedings.

11. 05.02.2014 After a number of

speeches, the

Chairman called for

the commencement

of the Question

Hour, with Q. No.

201.

The Deputy Speaker

called upon Mr.

Sushil Kumar Shinde

to withdraw the

Communal Violence

(Prevention, Control

and Rehabilitation

of Victims) Bill,

2005, and to move

the Prevention of

Communal Violence

(Access to Justice

and Reparations)

Bill, 2014.

As soon as the Chairman announced the

commencement of the Question Hour,

there were a number of disruptions and

interjections by some members to move a

motion for suspension of business. These

members included Dr. V. Maitreyan, Prof.

Ramgopal Yadav, Mr. Naresh Agarwal and

Mr. Brajesh Pathak. Many of the members

came into the Well of the House and

misbehaved during the course of the

proceedings. This led the Chairman to

adjourn the House.


were disruptions again by Mr. Ramgopal

Yadav and Mr. Naresh Agarwal. However,

the Deputy Chair asked both members to

wait for their turn to speak and wait for

the paper presentations to end. After the

paper presentations, the Deputy Speaker

invited Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad to speak

on the helicopter scam, amidst incessant

disruptions from other members such as

Mr. Naresh Agarwal and Dr. Maitreyan.


interruptions

The reasons for the

disruptions may have

been related to the

content of the

Communal Violence

Bill.

Some members also

disrupted the House in

the context of the

death of a youth from

Arunachal Pradesh in

Delhi. Others protested

on the need to set up an

SIT to investigate the

1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Several others

continued to protest

over the inclusion of

some OBCs of Uttar

Pradesh in the list of

Scheduled Castes and

on the Telangana issue.


There was

discussion on the

inclusion of more

communities in the

list of Scheduled

Castes

The Minister of

Defence, Mr. A.K.

Antony, made a

statement regarding

procurement of VVIP

helicopters.

Thereafter, the Communal Violence

(Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of

Victims) Bill, 2005, was withdrawn by Mr.

Sushil Kumar Shinde.

As soon as the Deputy Chair made the

announcement and called upon Mr.

Shinde, there were incessant disruptions

and interjections by several members.

These included Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu,

Mr. Naresh Agarwal and Mr. Ravi Shankar

Prasad. These members not only

disrupted the House and interjected the

speeches, but also shouted slogans in the

House. They put allegations on the Deputy

Chair for bringing the motion on the Bill

before the House, when the House was

not in order. Eventually, the House was

adjourned till 2:00 pm.

Mr. Naresh Agarwal and Prof. Ramgopal

Yadav attempted to disrupt the House and

interject the Deputy Chairman. Dr. V.

Maitreyan and Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra

also disrupted the House. Thereafter, the

Deputy Chairman called upon various

members to discuss their parties’ opinions

on the Bill. These speeches took place

amidst incessant disruptions from various

members of the House, who had strong

views on the Bill. Dr. V. Maitreyan was one

member who incessantly disrupted the

Some members

resorted to disruptions

in order to express their

discontentment over

the lack of time to

speak.


proceedings of the House throughout the

speeches. Others such as Dr. Najma A.

Heptulla, Mr. Naresh Agarwal, Mr. Kapil

Sibal and Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad also

disrupted the House. There were

altercations between members as well.

Prof. Ramgopal Yadav and Mr. Satish

Chandra Mishra took the floor, one by

one, to discuss the inclusion of more

communities in list of Scheduled Caste.

However, there were incessant

disruptions during and after both of their

speeches on the issues they discussed

before the House. Mr. A.K. Antony, the

Minister of Defence, also gave his

statement on the procurement of VVIP

helicopters. There were disruptions

during and after his statement as well.

Eventually, the House was adjourned for

the day.

12. 06.02.2014 The House began

with a statement

from the Chairman

where he agreed to

the request from

various political

groups to discuss

and express anguish

over the death of a

student in Delhi.

As soon as the Chairman began to make

his statement, there were incessant

disruptions by several members of the

House, including Dr. Maitreyan, and Mr.

Naresh Agarwal, who also interjected the

speech of the Chairman. The incessant

disruptions led the Chairman to adjourn

the House.


interruptions

Dr. Maitreyan wanted

to discuss the issue of

the arrest of the Tamil

Nadu fisherman by Sri

Lankan authorities,

while Mr. Agarwal


resignation of Mr. Beni

Prasad Varma.


There were a

number of paper

presentations.

Thereafter,

incessant

disruptions led to an

adjournment of the

House.


Naresh Agarwal again started to disrupt

the House incessantly. However, the

Chairman ignored him and proceeded

with the presentation of the papers

before the House. As soon as the paper

presentations ended, Dr. Maitreyan and

Mr. Agarwal again proceeded to interject

the Chairman and disrupt the proceedings

of the House. Consequently, the House

was adjourned till 2:00 pm.

When the House reconvened, Dr.

Maitreyan continued disrupting the House

along with Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Mr.

T.M. Selvaganapathi and Prof. Ram Gopal

Yadav, which eventually led to an

adjournment again.


began with the

Chairman pointing

out the deviations

from the decorum of

the House with

people coming into

the Well and

shouting slogans. He

then went on to

state that the House

would discuss (1)

the situation arising

The Chairman specifically mentioned in

his opening address that he was open to

receiving notices from any or all members

in relation to the issues being discussed

before the House. However, Mr. Venkaiah

Naidu, Dr. Maitreyan, and Mr. Naresh

Agarwal incessantly disrupted the House.

They approached the Well of the House

and started to shout slogans.

Consequently, the House was adjourned

till noon.


interruptions


the Prime Minister to be

present in the House,

and incessantly

interjected in the

middle of speeches to

ask for the PM to be

present. Mr. Sitaram

Yechury wanted the Bill

referred to a Standing

Committee.


out of the

unfortunate

incident relating to

a student from the

North-East and (2)

the situation

pertaining to the

Tamil Nadu

fishermen.

The Rights of

Persons with

Disabilities Bill,

2014, was

introduced.

The Constitutional

(Amendment) Bill,

2013 (Amendment

of article 371) was

sought to be

introduced, but

could not be.

After the House reassembled, the paper

presentations began. Dr. V. Maitreyan,

however, continued to disrupt the House

time and again. Dr. Maitreyan also

incessantly interjected in the middle of

various paper presentations. After the

presentations ended, Mr. Mallikarjun

Kharge moved a motion to introduce the

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill,

2014. As soon as the Bill was introduced,

Mr. Sitaram Yechury and Dr. V. Maitreyan

interrupted the proceedings and

interjected the Deputy Chairman stating

that the Bill be referred to a Standing

Committee. The Deputy Chairman assured

them that the Chairman would consider

their suggestion.

The Deputy Chairman attempted to

introduce the Constitutional

(Amendment) Bill, 2013 (Amendment of

article 371) in the House. However, his

speech was cut short by continuous

disruptions by various members, who

would not let him continue. These

members included Dr. V. Maitreyan, and

Mr. Birendra Prasad Baishya. The

incessant disruptions led the Deputy

Chairman to adjourn the House for the

day.

It is evident from the

later disruptions that


to discuss the issues of

the Tamil Nadu

fishermen in the

presence of the PM and

the Leader of the

Opposition, while Mr.

Birendra Prasad Baishya


killing of the North-

Eastern student in

presence of the PM and

the Leader of the

Opposition.



began for the day,

with Mr. Birendra

Prasad Baishya’s

speech on the rape

of a minor Manipuri

girl in Delhi.

The Human

Immunodeficiency

Virus and Acquired

Immune Deficiency

Syndrome

(Prevention and

Control) Bill, 2014

was sought to be

introduced but

could not be due to

disruptions on that

day.

As soon as the proceedings commenced

with Mr. Birendra Prasad Baishya’s

speech, Mr. Naresh Agarwal started to

disrupt the House and interjected the

statement of the Chairman and the

speech of Mr. Baishya. The incessant

disruptions led the Chairman to adjourn

the House for ten minutes. When the

House reassembled, the incessant

disruptions to Mr. Baishya’s speech

continued. The persons disrupting the

House included Mr. Ananda Bhaskar

Rapolu and several other unknown

members. Consequently, the House was

adjourned again till noon.

While there were minor interruptions

during the paper presentations, the

proceedings continued unabated.

However, as soon as Mr. K. Rahman Khan

presented the papers under sub-section

(1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act,

1956 and under Section 13 of the National

Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, the

disruptions began again. The disruptions

were continuous and the Chairman noted

the extremely unruly behaviour of Dr. V.

Maitreyan, in particular, who it appears,

wanted the proceedings censored.

Mr. Naresh Agarwal also disrupted the

House and tried to block the face of the


interruptions

The reasons for the

disruptions pertained

to the publishing of the

names of certain

members in the

Parliamentary Bulletin

(Part-I) for approaching

the Well of the House.

There were also

disruptions in the

context of the

Telangana issue.


Deputy Chairman. Thereafter, the paper

presentations continued. When the HIV-

AIDS Bill was slated to be introduced in

the House, the disruptions began again.

The incessant disruptions eventually led

the Deputy Chairman to adjourn the house

for the day and not introduce or have any

discussion on the HIV-AIDS Bill. The

Deputy Chairman expressed his regret at

the behaviour of MPs.

15. 11.02.2014 Mr. Birendra Prasad

Baishya continued

his speech on the

rape of a minor

Manipuri girl in

Delhi.

The Human

Immunodeficiency

Virus and Acquired

Immune Deficiency

Syndrome

(Prevention and

Control) Bill, 2014,

and the Constitution

(Scheduled Castes)

Orders

(Amendment) Bill,

2014 were

introduced before

the House.

As soon as the proceedings began, there

were incessant disruptions by several

unknown persons. The Chairman was

unable to put an end to the disruptions

and adjourned the House twice. However,

the disruptions continued all through Mr.

Baishya’s speech. During this time, the

House was adjourned several times.

Eventually, the House proceeded onto the

paper presentations. During the paper

presentations, the Human

Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired

Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention

and Control) Bill, 2014, and the

Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders

(Amendment) Bill, 2014 were introduced

in the House. There were no discussions

on either of the bills.

As soon as Dr. Girija Vyas attempted to

move a motion for the consideration of


interruptions

It appears that the

members were


because they wanted

discussion on the issue

of the arrest of the

Tamil Nadu fishermen

by Sri Lankan

authorities.

Notwithstanding the

Chair’s assurance of

time to discuss the

issue, the disruptions

continued in the House.

A number of members

also disrupted the

House in order to

protest over the

publishing of their

names in the

Parliamentary Bulletin


Dr. Girija Vyas

attempted to move

a motion for

consideration of the

Street Vendors

(Protection of

Livelihood and

Regulation of Street

Vending) Bill, 2013,

but could not over

disruptions.

the Street Vendors (Protection of

Livelihood and Regulation of Street

Vending) Bill, 2013, there were incessant

disruptions in the House. Mr. Ravi Shankar

Prasad and several other members of the

House incessantly disrupted the House

and interjected the Deputy Chairman.

Consequently, the Deputy Chairman

adjourned the House.

(Part-I) for approaching

the Well of the House

and persistently

disrupting the

proceedings.

The discussion on the

Telangana issue and the

reported attack on the

people of North-east in

the various parts of the

country also caused a

number of members to

disrupt the House.

The reasons may have

also pertained to the

contents of the Street

Vendors Bill.

16. 12.02.2014 The Deputy

Chairman called

upon Mr. Mallikarjun

Kharge to lay the

Interim Budget

(Railways), 2014-15,

and the

Supplementary

Demands for Grants

(Railways) 2013-14.

As soon as the proceedings began, there

were incessant disruptions and the House

was, as a result, adjourned till noon.

When the House reassembled, there were

paper presentations. Subsequently,

several unknown members incessantly

disrupted the House and blocked the face

of the Deputy Chairman. The continuous

disruptions led the Deputy Chair to

adjourn the House again.


interruptions

The reasons for the

disruptions are the

same as noted above-

the Telangana issue,

the issue of the Tamil

Nadu Fishermen, etc.


The Minister of

Tribal Affairs, Mr. V.

Kishore Chandra Deo

made a statement

on the Constitution

of a Task Force for

addressing issues

regarding

Scheduling of

Communities as

Scheduled Tribes

and Related

Matters.

However, as soon as the House

reassembled, there were incessant

disruptions throughout Mr. Kharge’s

presentation by unknown members of the

House. These members (supposedly from

the ruling party) kept on disrupting the

House and blocking the face of the Deputy

Chairman. All of these disruptions

eventually led the Deputy Chairman to

adjourn the House.


commenced with

the short notice

questions.

A number of papers

were laid before the

House for a large

part of the

proceedings.

The Chair wanted to

bring the Street

Vendors Bill, 2013

up for discussion

before the House.

As soon as the Question Hour began, there

were incessant disruptions and the House

was adjourned till noon.


Prakash Javadekar was asked by the

Chairman to pose his question regarding

the gifts given to persons from one

constituency. The Minister of Steel, Mr.

Beni Prasad Varma, answered the

question. However, throughout the

exchange, there were constant

disruptions. Thereafter, the Deputy

Chairman announced the presentation of

papers amidst continuous disruptions.


interruptions

The reasons for the

disruptions are the






However, incessant

disruptions did not

allow for it.

After the paper presentations were over,

the Deputy Chairman wanted to bring the

Street Vendors Bill, 2013 for consideration

before the House. However, incessant

disruptions and interjections led him to

adjourn the House for the day. The

Deputy Chairman lamented upon how

these disruptions were affecting fruitful

debate over bills.

18. 17.02.2014 The Minister of

Finance (Mr. P.

Chidambaram), laid

down a statement of

the estimated

receipts and

expenditure of the

Government for the

year 2014-15 and

the fiscal policy

statements, 2014-

2015.

The Delhi High Court

(Amendment) Bill,

2014, was

introduced.

Street Vendors

(Protection of

Livelihood and

As soon as the proceedings began, certain

unknown members started to disrupt the

proceedings of the House. These

disruptions included the display of

banners. The disruptions continued

through Mr. P. Chidambaram’s

presentation of various documents under

the interim-budget (general), 2014-2015.

There were interruptions throughout the

other paper presentations as well.

While several papers were being laid

before the House, several unknown

members of the House came near the Well

and started to disrupt the proceedings.

This led the Chairman to adjourn the

House. When the House reassembled, the

Chairman called upon Mr. Kapil Sibal to

introduce the Delhi High Court

(Amendment) Bill, 2014 before the House.

Thereafter, the Deputy Chairman

attempted to move a motion for further

25 disruptions The reasons for the

disruptions are the




Nadu Fishermen etc.



Vending) Bill, 2013

was sought to be

introduced but

could not be due to

disruptions.

consideration of the Street Vendors

(Protection of Livelihood and Regulation

of Street Vending) Bill, 2013. However,

the disruptions continued unabated and

led the Deputy Chairman to adjourn the

House for the day.

19. 18.02.2014 The Chairman

announced the

introduction of

various resolutions

regarding

recommendations

contained in the

Sixth Report of the

Railway Convention

Committee, 2009.

Furthermore, there

was also a discussion

on the interim

budget (Railways)

2014-15, the

Appropriation

(Railways) Vote on

Account Bill, 2014

and the

Appropriation

(Railways) Bill,

2014, which were

put before the

House and adopted

As soon as the proceedings began with the

Question Hour, Mr. Naresh Agarwal and

Prof. Ramgopal Yadav incessantly

disrupted the House and interjected the

statement of the Chairman. This led the

Chairman to adjourn the House till noon.

As soon as the House reconvened, Mr.

Naresh Agarwal and Mr. Satish Chandra

Mishra disrupted the House and

interjected one another. Subsequently,

the Speaker told both members to

maintain decorum and proceeded with

the paper presentations.

After the paper presentations, several

bills got introduced in the House,

including the Waqf Properties (Eviction of

Unauthorised Occupants) Bill, 2014, and

the Delhi Hotels (Control of

Accommodation) Repeal Bill, 2014. During

the course of the introduction of these

bills, no discussion or comment was made

on the content of such bills. However, Mr.

M. Venkaiah Naidu incessantly disrupted

the proceedings and interjected the


interruptions

The reasons for the

disruptions are the





Mr. Naresh Agarwal

appears to have wanted

to discuss the inclusion

of 17 OBCs of U.P. as

Scheduled Class within

the Constitution.


after a clause-by-

clause discussion.

The Waqf Properties

(Eviction of

Unauthorised

Occupants) Bill,

2014, and the Delhi

Hotels (Control of

Accommodation)

Repeal Bill, 2014

were introduced

before the House.

There were also a

number of farewell

speeches for the

retiring members.

announcements by the Deputy Chairman.

This eventually led the House to be

adjourned until 2:00 PM.

As soon as the Chairman made the

announcement and Mr. Kharge moved the

first motion, Mr. Naresh Agarwal and Dr.

V. Maitreyan incessantly disrupted the

proceedings of the House through

interjections. These disruptions

continued through all of Mr. Kharge’s

motions. These disruptions led the Deputy

Chairman to introduce and adopt the

Appropriation (Railways) Vote On Account

Bill, 2014, and the Appropriation

(Railways) Bill, 2014, without allowing for

any discussion in the House. This was

objected to by several members, who

interjected and interrupted the

proceedings on multiple occasions. The

House was eventually adjourned.

20. 19.02.2014 The Andhra Pradesh

Reorganisation Bill,

2014 was supposed

to be laid before the

House for

discussion.

However, incessant

disruptions/interrup

tions in the House

did not allow for the

As soon as the proceedings began, Mr.

Naresh Agarwal, Mr. Sukhendu Sekhar

Roy, and Mr. Ramesh incessantly

disrupted the proceedings of the House

and did not let the Chairman continue

with the Question Hour. The constant

interjections by these members led the

Chairman to scrap the Question Hour and

proceed with the presentation of papers.

After the paper presentations, the Andhra


interruptions

The members


wished to discuss

certain proceedings in

the Lok Sabha that they

wished to condemn.

There were various

reasons for the


discussion to take

place.

The Tribunals,

Appellate Tribunals

and Other

Authorities

(Conditions of

Service) Bill, 2014

and the Food Safety

and Standards

(Amendment) Bill,

2014, were

introduced before

the House.

The Street Vendors

(Protection of

Livelihood and



The National

Institutes of

Technology, Science

Education and

Research

(Amendment) Bill,

2013, The Governors

(Emoluments,

Allowances and

Privileges)

Amendment Bill,

Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014, was

introduced in the House. However, the

incessant disruptions after the

introduction of the Bill led the Deputy

Chairman to adjourn the House. It must

be mentioned that the staff of the House

was also attacked by certain members

disrupting the House.

The disruptions continued when the

House reconvened. Mr. Naresh Agarwal

and Dr. V. Maitreyan incessantly disrupted

the proceedings of the House through

interjections. The Deputy Chairman

specifically condemned Mr. C. M.

Ramesh’s actions, where he tried to stop

the Secretary-General from performing

his duties by snatching the papers

forcefully, which tantamounts to breach

of privilege of the House. Other members

such as Mr. K. C. Tyagi, Mr. V.

Hanumantha Rao, Mr. Shivanand Tiwari,

Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu, Mr. Naresh

Agarwal and Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad

continuously interjected the speech of

the Deputy Chairman and disrupted the

proceedings of the House. Meanwhile, the

Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals and Other

Authorities (Conditions of Service) Bill,

2014, the Food Safety and Standards

(Amendment) Bill, 2014, and the Street

Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and

Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2013

disruptions. Many of

the disruptions

pertained to Mr. C. M.

Ramesh’s actions,

where he tried to stop

the Secretary-General

from performing his

duties. The other

reasons related to the

lack of order in the

House, the contents of

the Andhra Pradesh


2014, the contents of

all other bills under

consideration and the

lack of time to raise the

point of order.

The reasons for the

disruptions vary widely

and relate to a variety

of issues that several

members wanted to

bring to the attention

of the house in the

interest of the public.


2013, and the Rani

Lakshmi Bai Central

Agricultural

University Bill,

2012, were laid

before the House

and passed after a

clause-by-clause

discussion.

were introduced in the House. There were

various speeches on the Street Vendors

Bill, amidst incessant disruptions and

interjections by numerous members.

Eventually, there was a clause-by-clause

analysis of the Bill, with a minor

discussion and the motion to pass the Bill

was adopted thereafter. There was

clause-by-clause analysis of the Rani

Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural

University Bill, 2012, and there was also

some discussion on the intent behind the

Bill, after which the Bill was passed.

Thereafter, there was clause-by-clause

analysis of the National Institutes of

Technology, Science Education and

Research (Amendment) Bill, 2013, after

which this Bill was also passed.

There were incessant disruptions by

numerous members before, during, and

after the speech of all other members.

21. 20.02.2014 A motion was made

for Calling Attention

to the situation

arising out of

repeated attacks on

Indian fishermen by

Sri Lankan navy.

Thereafter, several

members made

As soon as the Chairman made the

announcement, several members of the

House including Mr. Naresh Agarwal, Mr.

Ramgopal Yadav, and Mr. Hanumantha

Rao incessantly disrupted the proceedings

of the House and interjected the

statement of the Chairman. Some of these

members also blocked the view of the

Chair by standing in front of him, and


interruptions

The reasons for the

disruptions are varied.

Some of the members

wanted time to raise

certain issues of

concern and felt that

the Chair had not given

them sufficient time to

raise them.


speeches on the

issue.

Proclamation under

Article 356 of the

Constitution and the

Approving Order

issued by President

on 16 February,

2014, in relation to

the Government of

National Capital

Territory of Delhi,

were sought to be

laid before the

House. However,

incessant

disruptions on the

Telangana Bill did

not let this happen.

The Deputy

Chairman allowed

the motion for


Andhra Pradesh


2014 by the Minister

of Home Affairs (Mr.

Sushil Kumar

Shinde). After a

lengthy discussion

indulged in unruly behaviour, which led

the Chair to adjourn then House till noon.

While there were continuous

interruptions during the presentation of

papers, the proceedings continued

unabated. Thereafter, the Deputy

Chairman mentioned the consensus in the

House for ‘Calling Attention’ to be raised

by Dr. Maitreyan, Mr. D. Raja and Ms.

Kanimozhi. At this point, Mr. Naresh

Agarwal and Mr. Ramgopal Yadav started

incessantly disrupting the House and

indulging in unruly behaviour. They also

interjected the statement of the Deputy

Chairman. This led the Deputy Chair to

eventually adjourn the House. The

disruptions continued even after the

House reassembled. Mr. D. Raja, Mr.

Ramgopal Yadav and Mr. Naresh Agarwal

continuously disrupted the House and

interjected during the ongoing

proceedings. Eventually, the ‘Calling

Attention’ by Dr. Maitreyan began amidst

incessant disruptions. The Minister of

State in the Ministry of External Affairs

(Ms. Preneet Kaur) responded to the

concerns raised by Dr. Maitreyan.

Thereafter, Mr. D. Raja, Mr. T.M.

Selvaganapathi, Dr. Maitreyan, Mr. Ali

Anwar Ansari, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad and

Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan continued to

incessantly disrupt the House.

Most of general

speeches were on the

Andhra Pradesh


2014, which turned out

to be an extremely

controversial Bill.


on its subject and

content and a

clause-by-clause

analysis of its text,

the Bill was finally

passed.

Due to incessant disruptions and various

notices from members, the Deputy

Chairman allowed for the discussion on

the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill,

2014. Thereafter, the Deputy Chairman

sought to invite the Leader of the

Opposition to give his comments amidst

incessant disruptions, which resulted in

the adjournment of the House for a short

while. When the House reconvened, there

were disruptions again and that led to

another adjournment for a short duration.

Eventually, the speech by the Leader of

the Opposition did not take place due to

incessant disruptions in the House.

However, after incessant disruptions and

unruly behaviour, the Andhra Pradesh

Reorganisation Bill, 2014, was passed by

the House at the end of the day. During

the course of the discussion on the Bill,

several members walked out of the

premises of the House as well.

Throughout the proceedings, several

important resolutions were put before the

House. This included proclamation under

Article 356 of the Constitution by the

Minister of Home Affairs (Mr. Sushil Kumar

Shinde) in the National Capital Territory

of Delhi, and the Statutory Resolution Re.

Approving Order issued by President on 16


February, 2014, in relation to Government

of National Capital Territory of Delhi.

However, there were incessant

disruptions and interjections throughout

the proceedings. The members disrupting

the House included Mr. K.N. Balagopal,

Mr. P. Rajeeve, Mr. Sitaram Yechury, Mr.

M. Venkaiah Naidu, Mr. KC Tyagi and Dr.

Najma A. Heptulla, among others.

22. 21.02.2014 Right in the

beginning of the

proceedings, there

was discussion on

the implementation

of Raghuram Rajan

Committee Report.

Thereafter, there

was a Short-Notice

Question-answer

round.

The Order under

Article 239AB of the

Constitution issued

by the President on

16 February, 2014

read with Section 50

of the GNCTD Act,

1991 and clauses (2)

and (3) of Article

356 of the

As soon as the Question Hour began, Mr.

Kiranmay Nanda and Mr. N.K. Singh

started to disrupt the proceedings of the

House and interjected the speech of the

Chairman to discuss the implementation

of the Raghuram Rajan Committee

Report. Consequently, the Chairman

allowed Mr. Kiranmay Nanda to speak on

the issue. After completion of the speech,

there were incessant disruptions and

interjections by Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad,

Mr. Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Mr. Shantaram

Naik, Mr. Shashi Bhusan Behra, Dr. V.

Maitreyan, Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra, Dr.

K.P. Ramalingam, Mr. Thavar Chandra

Gehlot, Ms. Vasanthi Stanley, Dr. Najma

A. Heptulla, Mr. Ambeth Rajan, Mr.

Sitaram Yechury, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad

and Mr. K. C. Tyagi who wanted to speak

on different issues.


interruptions

The main reason for the

disruptions was the

need for the discussion

on the Raghuram Rajan

Committee Report. The

other reasons included

comments on the

political motivations of

different parties.

The reasons for the

disruptions related to

various issues including

the contents of the

various bills and

general issues of public

interest.


Constitution, in

relation to the

Government of

National Capital

Territory of Delhi

was laid before the

House and

thereafter adopted

by the House.

There was some

discussion on the

Interim Budget

(General) 2014-15,

the Appropriation

(Vote On Account)

Bill, 2014, the

Appropriation Bill,

2014, the Finance

Bill, 2014, the Delhi

Appropriation (Vote

on Account) Bill,

2014, and the Delhi

Appropriation Bill,

2014 were laid

before the House

and a motion was

adopted to return

these bills to the Lok

Sabha.

After these bills were laid before the

House, there were some disruptions and

interjections by several members over the

contents of the bills. Meanwhile, the

order under Article 239AB of the

Constitution issued by the President on

the 16 February, 2014 read with Section

50 of the GNCTD Act, 1991 and clauses (2)

and (3) of Article 356 of the Constitution

in relation to the Government of National

Capital Territory of Delhi, was passed by

the House. There were several speeches

and clause-by-clause discussion on the

Whistle Blowers Protection Bill, 2011 and

the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2014,

which were both passed by the House.

There were some disruptions and

interjections during the course of the

discussion on the two bills.


The following bills

were laid before the

House with

comments from the

Lok Sabha: (1) The

Street Vendors

(Protection of

Livelihood and


Vending) Bill, 2014;

(2) The Governors

(Emoluments,

Allowances and

Privileges)

Amendment Bill,

2014; (3) The

National Institutes

of Technology,

Science Education

and Research

(Amendment) Bill,

2014; and (4) The

Narcotic Drugs and

Psychotropic

Substances

(Amendment) Bill,

2014.

The bills mentioned

in (1), (2) and (3)

were reported to

have been finally


passed by the Lok

Sabha.

The Narcotic Drugs

and Psychotropic

Substances

(Amendment) Bill,

2014 as passed by

the Lok Sabha was

laid before the

House and

thereafter passed by

the House. The

Whistle Blowers’

Protection Bill, 2011

was also laid before

the House and

thereafter, passed

by the House.


B. The Fifteenth Session of the 15th Lok Sabha (December, 2013 – February, 2014) [Winter Session 2013-14] (‘LS I’)

S.NO. DATE OF

THE DEBATE

MAIN TOPICS OF THE

DEBATE/ DISCUSSION

DETAILS OF THE DISRUPTIONS/INTERRUPTIONS NUMBER OF

DISRUPTIONS/

INTERRUPTIONS

POSSIBLE CAUSE/S

1. 1

.

05.12.2013 Introductions None None None

2. 2

.

06.12.2013 Obituary reference of

Nelson Mandela

Mr. Shafiqur Rahman Barq disrupted the

House to point out that Babri Masjid was

desecrated on that day.


disruptions were stated

by Mr. Barq while


3. 3

.

09.12.2013 Mr. B. N. Prasad

Mahato inquired

about the

agreements that

were entered into

by several

stakeholders

including the

railway board and

the State

government for the

construction of a

railway over-

bridge.

Presentation of

Report of Joint

Parliamentary


a number of members, including Mr. M.

Venugopala Reddy, Dr. Baliram and a few

others got up and stood on the floor near

the Table and attempted to disrupt the

proceedings in the House.

As per Mr. Mahato’s question in the

Question Hour, the State Government had

denied entering into any agreement for the

construction of a railway over bridge.

A number of interruptions were made

before the presentation of each paper. Mr.

P. Kumar, Mr. M. Venugopala Reddy, Dr.

Baliram, Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, Mr. Jose K.

Mani and a few other members disrupted


interruptions

Mr. B.N. Prasad Mahato

inquired about the

agreements that were

entered into for the

construction of a railway

over bridge. The State

Government appeared

to have denied entering

into any such

agreement. The

question seemed to

insinuate corruption

allegations.

The JPC report

examined controversial

matters relating to the

allocation of pricing of


Committee (JPC) to

examine matters

relating to

allocation and

pricing of telecom

licences and

spectrum.

the House and came and stood on the floor

near the Table, right after the paper on the

working of the Defence Institute of

Advanced Technology, Pune was laid down

before the House.

Prior to the presentation of the 2G Report

by the JPC, the Speaker of the House

stated that she had received requests for

raising objections and questions before the

presentation of the Report. However, in

the opinion of the Speaker, there was no

provision in the Rules that permitted a

discussion or the raising of objections

before the presentation of a Report.

When the Speaker of the House refused to

entertain objections and questions before

or during the presentation of the JPC

Report and called upon Mr. P.C. Chacko to

present the Report, a number of members

including Mr. T. R. Baalu and a few others

left the House and disrupted the

proceedings.

Right after the presentation of the 63rd and

65th Reports of the Standing Committee on

Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and

Justice, there were a few major

disruptions. Mr. T.R. Baalu, for instance,

disrupted the proceedings of the House and

Telecom Licences and

Spectrum. The members

appear to have been

agitated by the JPC

Report and wanted time

to raise questions and

objections on the

contents of the Report.


asked for a discussion on the JPC Report on

that day. Thereafter, Mr. Baalu and a few

other members got up and stood near the

floor of the table. Consequently, the House

was adjourned.

When the House reconvened, there were

disruptions for more than 45 minutes. Mr.

Ashok Kumar Rawat, Mr. M. Venugopala

Reddy, Mr. Murugesan Anandan, Mr. Jose

K. Mani and a few other members got up

and stood on the floor near the Table.

4. 4

.

10.12.2013 The Speaker

commenced the

Question Hour, and

asked Mr. K.

Sudhakaran to ask

Q.61 in relation to

the implementation

of the National Food

Security Act (NFSA)

in Kerala.

The Speaker

announced the

motion of no

confidence under

Rule 198.


Mr. P. Kumar, Mr. M. Venugopala Reddy,

Mr. Ashok Kumar Rawat, Mr. Arjun Charan

Sethi, Sk. Saidul Haque, Ms. J. Helen

Davidson, Mr. Narahari Mahato and a few

other members disrupted the House, and

got up and stood on the floor near the

Table.


Mr. Sudhakaran’s speech. At one point, Mr.

Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo and a few

other members disrupted Mr. Sudhakaran’s

speech and got up and stood on the floor

near the Table. There were disruptions

even while Prof. K.V. Thomas answered

the question. The Speaker adjourned the

House after this question.

42 disruptions The subject of the

question pertained to

the NFSA, which had

been embroiled in

controversy over its

implementation and the

burden it poses on the

exchequer.

The motion for no-

confidence caused

incessant disruptions on

the floor of the House.


When the House reassembled, Mr. Ashok

Kumar Rawat, Dr. Ram Chandra Dome, Mr.

K. Narayan Rao, Mr. Bhartruhari Mahtab,

Mr. R. Thamaraiselvan, Mr. Kalyan

Banerjee, Mr. M. Anandan and a few other

members disrupted the House and got up

and stood on the floor near the Table. The

Speaker, however, continued with the

proceedings and asked for the scheduled

papers to be laid before the House. The

disruptions continued unabated. As a

result, the Speaker was forced to scrap the

proceedings on the motion for no-

confidence and adjourn the House.

5. 5

.

11.12.2013 The Speaker began

the proceedings

with the obituary

session over the loss

of lives of about 60

persons including

several children due

to severe cold in

Muzaffarnagar

district of Uttar

Pradesh.

The Speaker

announced the

motion for taking up

While the House was observing silence for

the persons who passed away in

Muzaffarnagar, Mr. Ashok Kumar Rawat,

Mr. Shailendra Kumar and a few other


and stood on the floor near the Table. Mr.

Vijay Bahadur Singh further disrupted the

House by asking people to keep standing

near the Table, to which the Speaker

responded by asking the relevant members

to go back to their seats and to not talk

during the minutes of silence. The

disrupting members listened to the

instructions of the Speaker and went back

to their seats.


interruptions

It is evident from these

proceedings that the


the lack of discussion on

the incidents in

Muzaffarnagar, which

had agitated several

members.

The no-confidence

motions, in view of their

nature, caused incessant

disruptions in the House.


various notices of

no confidence in

the Council of

Ministers.

As soon as the Speaker began the Question

Hour, Mr. Kadir Rana, Mr. Shailendra

Kumar, Ms. J. Helen Davidson, Mr. Subhash

Bapurao Wankhede and a few other



There were incessant disruptions even

when Mr. Jai Prakash Agarwal asked his

question regarding the functions

performed by Indian Embassies abroad.

The Speaker observed that she could not

hear Mr. Agarwal due to the disruptions

and the resultant noise, and did not allow

Mr. Salman Khurshid to answer the

question (although Mr. Khurshid

interjected asking for her permission to

answer). Eventually, the disruptions led

the Speaker to adjourn the House for an

hour.

As soon as the House reassembled, Dr.

Baliram, Mr. Shailendra Kumar and a few

other members incessantly disrupted the

House and got up and stood on the floor

near the Table. Mr. Dara Singh Chauhan

specifically disrupted the House and

interjected to state that he considered it

necessary to discuss the events in

Muzaffarnagar and how they had impacted

the people residing there, and that

advance notice had been given in this


regard. Thereafter, Ms. J. Helen Davidson,

Mr. M. Venugopala Reddy and a few other


and also stood on the floor near the Table

with the others.


several members, although the identity of

these members is not known. The notices

for no confidence were not brought before

the House by the Speaker as a result of the

disruptions.

6. 6

.

12.12.2013 Item Nos. 18 and 19

relating to the

demands for

Supplementary

Grants (General),

2013-2014 and

Statutory

Resolution Re:

approval of

notification to

increase basic

customs duty, were

taken up together

by the Speaker.

Discussions over the

Appropriation (No.

5) Bill, 2013,


Mr. P. Kumar, Mr. A.K.S. Vijayan, Mr. M.

Venugopala Reddy, Dr. Baliram, Mr. Arjun

Roy, Mr. Shailendra Kumar and a few other



Throughout Mr. Suklabaidya’s speech,

there were continuous disruptions.

As soon as the House reassembled, Mr. M.

Venugopala Reddy, Mr. Arjun Roy, Dr.

Baliram, Mr. P. Lingam, Mr. O. S. Manian,

Mr. A. K. S. Vijayan, Mr. Shailendra Kumar

and a few other members disrupted the

House and got up and also stood on the

floor near the Table with the others.


disruptions are unclear.


Demand for

Supplementary

Grants (Railways),

2013-2014, and the

Appropriation

(Railways) (No. 4)

Bill, 2013 took

place. The

Scheduled Castes

and Scheduled

Tribes (Prevention

of Atrocities)

Amendment Bill,

2013, was

introduced without

any discussion.

The Speaker

announced the

notices of no-

confidence motions

in the Council of

Ministers.

There were interruptions during the

passage of both motions. Both motions

were, however, passed.

While there were interruptions

throughout, all three bills were passed

with little or no discussion.




for no-confidence were not brought before


disruptions.

7. 7

.

13.12.2013 The Coal Regulatory

Authority Bill, 2013

was introduced in

the House by the

Speaker, without

any discussion.

During the course of the proceedings, Ms.

Sushma Swaraj interjected the Speaker

and asked for the deferment of the

Question Hour in order to discuss the

sexual assault cases against women in

general, and against Justice (Retd.) A.K.

Ganguly. The Speaker stated that the

Question Hour would not be deferred and


interruptions

The cause of the


had to do with either the

subject of Ms. Swaraj’s

speech or the Speaker’s

forbearance in allowing

her to make her point.


The Citizenship

(Amendment) Bill,

2013, as passed by

the Rajya Sabha,

was meant to be put

to vote in the

House. However,

the discussion was

scrapped mid-way.

The Speaker

announced the

notices of no-

confidence motions

in the Council of

Ministers.

that Ms. Swaraj could raise her point in

brief before the beginning of the Question

Hour. There were some interruptions

throughout this exchange. Subsequently,

the proceedings of the House were

disrupted by Mr. M. Venugopala Reddy, Mr.

Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Mr. Shailendra

Kumar and a few other members, who got

up and stood on the floor near the Table.

There were constant disruptions

throughout Ms. Swaraj’s speech from 11:07

am onwards. After Ms. Swaraj completed

her speech, Mr. Sudip Bandyopadhyay was

allowed some time to speak by the

Speaker. However, there were constant

disruptions/interruptions and the Speaker

specifically told the members disrupting

the House, including Mr. C. Sivasami, Dr.

Thambidurai and others, to wait for their

chance to speak in the ‘Zero Hour’, since

their speech had not been notified

previously.

During the course of the Question Hour, Mr.

Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Mr. Sharad

Yadav disrupted the House and stated that

several Indian languages were being

ignored. Upon hearing the grievances of

the two, the Speaker inquired from the

House as to whether any other member of

the House would want to associate

themselves with the issues that were

raised by Mr. Mulayam Yadav and Mr.

The reasons for the

disruptions were

elaborated upon by Mr.

Mulayam Singh Yadav

and Mr. Sharad Yadav.

They mainly pertained

to the exclusion of local

languages, mainly Hindi,

in the Civil Service

Examinations.


Sharad Yadav. Dr. N. Sivaprasad and some

other members disrupted the House and


Table.

The motion to introduce the Coal Bill was

adopted. However, it was followed by

disruptions by Mr. Sharad Yadav, who said

he wanted to talk. The Speaker told Mr.

Sharad Yadav to wait for his turn to speak.

The discussion on the Citizenship

(Amendment) Bill was disrupted by Mr.

Sharad Yadav, who wanted to discuss the

language-related issues again. The Speaker

of the House told Mr. Yadav to wait for his

turn. Thereafter, Mr. Shailendra Kumar,

Mr. Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and a few



Table.


several members during the proceedings

on the motion for no-confidence, due to

which the proceedings were adjourned for

an hour. Even after the House

reassembled, Mr. K. Narayan Rao, Mr. Y.S.

Jagan Mohan Reddy, and Mr. Shailendra

Kumar and a few other members continued

to disrupt the House and stand on the floor

near the Table. As a result, the Speaker


was forced to scrap the proceedings and

adjourn the House.

8. 8

.

16.12.2013 Obituary reference

of Mr. Sheesh Ram

Ola and Mr.

Somnath Rath.

None None None

9. 9

.

17.12.2013 Constitution

(Scheduled Tribes)

Order (Second

Amendment) Bill,

2013 was

introduced without

any discussion.

The Speaker

announced the

notices of no-

confidence motions

in the Council of

Ministers.


Mr. Shailendra Kumar disrupted the House

and stated that he had sent in a prior

notice about being allowed to speak in the

Question Hour. The Speaker disallowed his

request and stated that he could raise his

question in the ‘Zero Hour’. Thereafter,

Mr. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Mr. M.

Anandan, Mr. L. Rajagopal, Mr. Shailendra

Kumar and a few other members disrupted

the House and got up and stood on the floor

near the Table. Subsequently, the

proceedings on Q. No. 161 began.

However, the House was being constantly

disrupted, which led the Speaker to

adjourn the proceedings.

As soon as the Speaker began the

proceedings, there were disruptions by

several members including Mr. L.

Rajagopal, Prof. Saugata Roy, Mr. N.

Kristappa and Mr. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy,

who got up and stood on the floor near the


interruptions

The disruptions

appeared related to

allegations of sexual

harassment against


Ganguly.


Table. Prof. Saugata Roy specifically

interjected the proceedings and wished to

discuss the resignation of Justice (Retd.)

A.K. Ganguly.




for no-confidence were not brought before


disruptions.

10. 1

0

.

18.12.2013 The proceedings

began with the

discussion on the

Lokpal and

Lokayuktas Bill,

2011, which was

passed by the Lok

Sabha and

thereafter by the

Rajya Sabha with

certain

amendments. These

amendments were

tabled again in the

Lok Sabha.

The Speaker

announced the

notices of no

Right after the Secretary General read out

the amendments made by the Rajya Sabha

to the Bill and tabled the amended Bill in

the House, Mr. M. Venugopala Reddy, Mr.

Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Mr. Shailendra



near the Table.

The business of the House continued

unabated without any

interruptions/disruptions for a while, until

the tabling of the notices of no confidence

motions was announced. As soon as the

motion to table the notices was

announced, Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Mr.

Ponnam Prabhakar, Mr. Bwiswmuthiary,

Mr. M. Venugopala Reddy and a few other



interruptions

The reasons for the

disruptions relate to the

contents of the Lokpal

and Lokayuktas Bill.


confidence motions

in the Council of

Ministers.

Item 22-A in

relation to the

amendments passed

by the Rajya Sabha

on the Lokpal and

Lokayuktas Bill was

referred to the

House by the

Speaker.

The National

Institutes of

Technology,

Science Education

and Research

(Amendment) Bill,

2013, was passed

without much

discussion.

The House opened

the floor for

discussion on the ill

treatment of Indian

Deputy Consul

General in the

and stood on the floor near the Table. As

soon as the Speaker announced that she

will not take up the notices due to the

disruptions, some members went back to

their seats.

As soon as the discussion on the Bill began,

Mr. L. Rajagopal, Mr. M. Venugopala Reddy



near the Table. Mr. Sibal then went on to

officially table the amendments to the Bill,

and the Speaker moved a motion for the

consideration of the amendments.

Thereafter, amidst disruptions, Ms.

Sushma Swaraj started to make her

observations on the Bill. Mr. Shailendra

Kumar, Mr. Sansuma Khunggur

Bwiswmuthiary and a few other members

continued to disrupt the House and stood

on the floor near the Table. Subsequently,

Mr. Mulayam Singh made his statement

against the adoption of the Lokpal Bill

amidst disruptions, and thereafter left the

premises of the House (disrupted the

House) with a few of the other members.

Mr. Dara Singh Chauhan and Mr. Sharad

Yadav also made statements on the Bill

amidst incessant disruptions. Thereafter,

the Speaker posed several motions on the

various clauses of the Bill. Just when the

Speaker was slated to put the amendments

made by Rajya Sabha in the Bill to vote


United States of

America.

before the House, Mr. Anant Gangaram

Geete and Mr. Arjun Charan Sethi left the

premises of the House (disrupted the

House) with a few of the other members.

Notwithstanding, the amendments made

by the Rajya Sabha to the Bill were

adopted by the House.

The National Institutes of Technology,

Science Education and Research

(Amendment) Bill, 2013 was passed

without much

discussion/interruptions/disruptions.

All speeches made on the topic of ill-

treatment to Indian Deputy Consul General

were subject to incessant interjections

from several unknown members. These

continued until the House was adjourned

for the National Anthem.

11. 05.02.2014 The Speaker

announced the

motion of no

confidence in the

Council of

Ministers.

Discussion on the

incidents of

misbehaviour and


Dr. Baliram, Mr. S.P.Y. Reddy, Mr. Khagen

Das, Mr. Ponnam Prabhakar and several


stood near the floor of the table. The

disruption caused by these members later

led to the adjournment of the House for an

hour.

69 disruptions The motion for no-

confidence may have

been the possible reason

for the disruptions.

The incidents of

misbehaviour and killing

of students of the North-

Eastern region in Delhi

were fairly rampant at


killing of students

of North-Eastern

region in Delhi.

As soon as the House reassembled, Dr.

Baliram, Mr. O.S. Manian, Mr. M.

Venugopala Reddy, Mr. S.P.Y. Reddy, Mr.

Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Mr. Ponnam

Prabhakar and some other members

disrupted the House and got up and stood

on the floor near the Table. Due to these

disruptions, the Question Hour appears to

have been scrapped at that time.



these members is not known. The motion

for no confidence was scrapped as a result

of the disruptions.

There were interruptions throughout the

discussion on the incidents of misbehaviour

and killing of students of North-Eastern

region in Delhi. While there were

interruptions throughout, all 5 speeches

continued unabated during the course of

the discussion.

the time. They created a

stir regarding racial

discrimination of

individuals from North-

Eastern India and the

apathy shown by

government authorities

towards the incidents of

violence against such

individuals.

12. 1

1

.

06.02.2014 Announcement of

discussion on the

motion for no-

confidence in the

Council of

Ministers.


Mr. S. P. Y. Reddy, Mr. A. Sai Prathap, Mr.

O. S. Manian, Mr. Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy,

Mr. A. K. S. Vijayan, Mr. M. Venugopala

Reddy, Mr. Yashvir Singh and a few other


and stood on the floor near the Table. The


disruptions are unclear.


disruption went on continuously, and did

not allow for the Question Hour to

proceed. Consequently, the Speaker



were constant disruptions. Dr. Manda

Jagannath, Mr. K. Narayan Rao, Ms.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal and a few other


and stood near the floor of the table. As

soon as the Speaker made the

announcement regarding the no-

confidence motion, Mr. A. K. S. Vijayan,

Mr. Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Dr. Mirza

Mehboob Beg and a few other members


on the floor near the Table. The incessant

disruptions led to the Speaker to scrap

bringing in notices of no confidence before

the House.

Before the Minister could lay the relevant

papers, Mr. O.S. Manian, and a few other


and stood near the floor of the table.

13. 1

2

.


announced the

discussion on the

motion for no-

confidence in the

The paper with the answer to the question

was laid on the Table by the Minister of

State of the Ministry of Tourism (Dr. K.

Chiranjeevi). The Speaker inquired from

the House as to whether any other member


interruptions

The reasons for the

disruptions are not

completely clear.

However, from the text

of the debate it appears


Council of

Ministers.

had any question regarding the same

subject-matter. While there were no

questions, Dr. M. Thambidurai attempted

to interrupt the House by stating that he

had given prior notice and that government

had not taken action on a particular

aspect. However, Dr. Thambidurai was cut

short half way due to disruptions, wherein

Mr. L. Rajagopal, Mr. Shailendra Kumar,

Mr. O. S. Manian, Mr. N. Kristappa, Mr. Y.

S. Jaganmohan Reddy, and a few other

members got up and stood near the floor

of the Table. These disruptions continued

into the next question (No. 242), where Dr.

Ratna De’s speech was cut short due to

disruptions and the Speaker was forced to

adjourn the House.


Ponnam Prabhakar, Mr. S. P. Y. Reddy, Mr.

Shailendra Kumar and a few other


and stood near the floor of the table.

There were incessant disruptions as soon as

the Speaker announced the discussion on

the no-confidence motion. The identity of

the members disrupting the House is

unknown. However, the incessant

disruptions led the Speaker to not bring the

notices on the no-confidence motion

before the House.

that certain members

attempted to disrupt the

House in order to draw

attention to certain

issues that, in their

opinion, were of public

importance.


14. 1

3

.

10.02.2014 Mr. Nishikant Dubey

wanted clarity on

the amount of

money spent for

cleaning up the

rivers of various

States. Mr.

Veerappa Moily

attempted to

answer the question

by discussing the

national plans for

cleaning up rivers.

The Speaker

announced the

motion of no-

confidence in the

Council of

Ministers.

Minister of Defence,

Mr. A.K. Antony

placed copies of the

revised answer to

the Starred

Question No. 144

relating to

"Irregularities in

Defence Deals"

asked by Mr. Yashvir

Singh and Mr.


Mr. S. P. Y. Reddy and some other

members disrupted the proceedings and


Table.

There were constant disruptions during the

course of the speeches of Mr. Dubey and

Mr. Moily. The Speaker also noted that no

one could hear anything due to the noise in

the House.

Mr. S. P. Y. Reddy, Mr. Shailendra Kumar,

Mr. Dharmendra Yadav, Mr. M. Anandan

and some other members disrupted the


near the Table.



these members is not known. The motion

for no-confidence was scrapped as a result

of the disruptions.

Mr. Antony’s announcement led to

interruptions.

There were interruptions throughout Ms.

Swaraj’s speech.


interruptions

Mr. Veerappa Moily

responded by stating

that although rivers are

a State subject, the

Government of India has

worked out an action-

plan for the

conservation of the

rivers. It appears that

these issues agitated the

House a bit and led to a

lot of noise.

The taking up of the motion for no-confidence led to incessant disruptions.

Irregularities in defence

deals were a

controversial topic as it

related to corruption

allegations against the

government. The

discussion on this topic

led to a number of

disruptions.

Contents of the status

reports and the motion

for election may have

been the cause of the

interruptions.


Neeraj Shekhar,

M.P.

Presentation of

status reports by

Ministers and during

the discussion on

the election to the

Spices Board.

Sushma Swaraj

spoke about the

hailstorm in

Vidisha, which had

ruined the crop and

caused a great loss

to the farmers.

The contents of Ms.

Swaraj’s speech on the

plight of the farmers

agitated the House.

Several allegations

surrounding these

circumstances were

made by Ms. Swaraj,

which also agitated the

House.

15. 1

4

.

11.02.2014 The proceedings

started with an

obituary reference

on the loss of lives

in two tragic

incidents in

Sambalpur, Odisha

and Malda, West

Bengal.

The House

reassembled at

noon. Thereafter,


Mr. K. Bapiraju, Mr. Shailendra Kumar and

a few other members disrupted the House

and got up and stood near the floor of the

Table. Consequently, the Speaker


As soon as the proceedings began at noon,

Mr. K. Bapiraju, Mr. S. P. Y. Reddy, Mr.

Bhudeo Choudhary, Mr. Shailendra Kumar,

Ms. J. Helen Davidson, Mr. P. Karunakaran,

Mr. M. Anandan and a few other members



interruptions

The reasons for the


related to the Q. 281 or

to the obituary

reference to the loss of

lives.

The content of Dr.

Meinya’s speech may

have been the reason for

the disruptions.


the Speaker

announced the

discussion on the

motion for no-

confidence in the

Council of

Ministers. The

Acquisition of

Certain Area in

Mumbai for Dr.

Bhimrao Ambedkar

Memorial Bill, 2014

was introduced

before the House

without much

discussion.

The Speaker gave

Dr. Thokchom

Meinya an

opportunity to raise

an important issue

of public

importance before

the House about the

alleged racial

profiling of North-

East people in the

Metros of the

country and Delhi.

near the floor of the table. There were

incessant disruptions as soon as the

Speaker announced the discussion on the

no-confidence motion. The identity of the

members disrupting the House is unknown.

However, the incessant disruptions led the

Speaker to not bring the notices on the no-

confidence motion before the House.

There were incessant interruptions

throughout Dr. Meinya’s speech.


16. 1

5

.


announced the

discussion on the

motion for no-

confidence in the

Council of

Ministers.

The Interim Railway

Budget for 2014-15

was announced by

Railway Minister Mr.

Mallikarjuna

Kharge.


Mr. K. Bapiraju, Mr. Adhi Sankar, Mr. P.



near the Table. The disruption went on

continuously, and the Speaker adjourned

the House.

As soon as the proceedings began at noon,

Mr. K. Bapiraju, Dr. Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi,

Dr. N. Sivaprasad and a few other members


near the floor of the table. There were

incessant disruptions as soon as the

Speaker announced the discussion on the

no-confidence motion. The identity of the

members disrupting the House is unknown.

However, the incessant disruptions led the

Speaker to not bring the notices of the no-

confidence motion before the House.

As soon as the Interim Railway Budget for

2014-15 was announced, Mr. P.

Karunakaran, Mr. A. Sampath, Mr. Kalyan

Banerjee and a few other members


near the floor of the table.

18 disruptions The motion for no-

confidence may have



The reasons may also be

related to the contents

of the Interim Railway

Budget for 2014-15.

17. 1

6

.

13.02.2014 The Question Hour

began with Q. No.

321 slated to be


Mr. K. Bapiraju and a few other members



interruptions

The reasons for

disruptions/interruption

s are not sufficiently


asked by Mr.

Asaduddin Owaisi or

by Mr. Jayprakash

Agarwal on the use

of renewable

sources of energy by

the Government of

India.

Andhra Pradesh


2014, was

introduced by the

Minister of Home

Affairs (Mr. Sushil

Kumar Shinde).

After the House

reassembled post

lunch, the Speaker

announced the

suspension of

certain members

from the service of

the House under

Rule 374A.

The Speaker

announced the

discussion on the

motion for no-

near the floor of the table. Thereafter, Mr.

Jayprakash Agarwal asked the Q. No. 321.

While there were interruptions

throughout, Mr. Srikant Jena gave his

response stating that adequate steps were

being taken by the government to improve

the power generation in the country.

While inconsequential interruptions were

ongoing, Mr. Shinde formally introduced

the Telangana Bill in the house.

There were disruptions throughout the

time the Speaker was announcing the

names. Thereafter, Mr. K. Narayana Rao

also fainted at the Well of the House

(which resulted in disruptions).



the no-confidence motion. Thereafter, all

the members of the House left the

premises and did not let the Speaker

continue with the proceedings on the no-

confidence motion. This led the Speaker to

adjourn the House.

As soon as the House reassembled, Mr. S.

P. Y. Reddy, Mr. Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy



clear but they may have

been related to the

content of the Q. 321.

Interruptions may have

been related to the

content of the

Telangana Bill.

Suspension of members

may have been the

reason for the

disruption.

The motion for no-

confidence may have




confidence in the

Council of

Ministers.

near the Table. This led the Speaker to

adjourn the House for the day.

18. 17.02.1014 The Minister of

Finance (Mr. P.

Chidambaram)

came up to the floor

to present the

Interim Budget

(General) for 2014-

15. He later also

introduced the

Finance Bill, 2014,

without any

discussion.

The Speaker then

announced the

motion for the

approval of the

recommendations

of the Sixth Report

of the Railway

Convention

Committee.

Thereafter, there

were general

discussions on the

Sixth Report of the

Railway Convention

Committee and the


the Speaker’s speech. Mr. G.V. Harsha

Kumar, Mr. K. Bapiraju, and a few other

members incessantly disrupted the House

by either interjecting or getting up and

standing on the floor near the Table. Mr.

Basu Deb interrupted saying he had a point

of order.

As soon as Mr. Chidambaram began his

speech, Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Mr. P.

Karunakaran, Mr. P. Kumar and a few other



These disruptions became very serious and

obstructed Mr. Chidambaram from

continuing with his speech for some time.

Only after the Speaker gave certain

assurances to the disrupting members, Mr.

Chidambaram was able to continue with his

speech. Mr. Sudip Bandopadhyay also

interrupted while Mr. Chidambaram’s

speech was going on.

When the discussion on the Report of the

Railway Convention Committee was going

on, there were incessant disruptions by


interruptions

The reasons for the


pertained to the

contents of the Interim

Budget (General) for

2014-15 and the Interim

Budget (Railways) for

2014-15. They were

made by various

members to, perhaps,

protest or raise certain

related issues in the

ongoing budget

discussion.


Interim Budget

(Railways) for 2014-

15.

The Speaker went

on to move a motion

to introduce the

Appropriation

(Railways) Vote On

Account Bill, 2014

and Appropriation

(Railways) Bill,

2014.

several unknown members, who attempted

to pause the discussion at one point.

Amidst the ongoing disruptions, Dr. M.

Thambidurai interrupted, while the

Speaker was making an announcement.

Thereafter, Arjun Meghwal began his

speech amidst incessant disruptions by

various unknown members. Subsequently,

Ms. Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi disrupted the

House and got up and stood near the floor

of the table. Ms. Sushma Swaraj

interrupted and was allowed to speak on

the topic of the interim budgets that were

laid before the House (general and for

railways), amidst ongoing disruptions.

The Speaker’s motion to introduce both

bills was adopted, and Dr. Kakoli Ghosh

Dastidar and a few other members


near the floor of the table. The

proceedings ended after a while, after Mr.

Mulayam Singh interrupted and made a

speech.

19. 1

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.


announced the

discussion on the

motion for no-

confidence in the

Council of Ministers

While the obituary reference was going on,

there were certain ongoing disruptions and

then, Mr. T. R. Baalu attempted to

specifically disrupt the House by making a

statement. At this point in the Session, it

is unclear what the exact contents of the


interruptions

The motion for no-

confidence led to

incessant disruptions.

The disruptions were

over the proposed


The Minister of

Home Affairs (Mr.

Sushil Kumar

Shinde) moved the

Andhra Pradesh


2014, for

consideration

before the House.

The Bill was

discussed at length

and a clause-by-

clause analysis was

undertaken. The

Bill was eventually

passed.

statement were, given that it was cut short

by further disruptions.

The Question Hour commenced with a

question by Mr. Ramesh Vishanath Katti

amidst disruptions. The House was

adjourned and reassembled amidst

disruptions by Mr. K. Bapiraju, Mr.

Shailendra Kumar, Mr. C. Sivasami, Mr. A.

K. S. Vijayan and a few other members who

got up and stood near the floor of the

table.


Bapiraju, Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Ms. J.

Helen Davidson, Dr. Ram Chandra Dome,

Mr. Thol Thirumaavalavan, Mr. P.

Viswanathan and a few other members


on the floor near the Table.



the no-confidence motion. The identity of

the members disrupting the House is

unknown. However, the incessant

disruptions led the Speaker to not bring the

notices on the no-confidence motion

before the House.

splitting of Andhra

Pradesh into two States,

namely, Telangana and

Andhra Pradesh.

The reason for the

disruption by T. R. Baalu

was to protest the

procedure being

followed for passing of

bills and to comment on

the state of affairs in the

House.


There were incessant disruptions in the

House, which led the Speaker to adjourn

the House for 45 minutes. As soon as the

House reassembled, Mr. K. Bapiraju, Mr. A.

Sampath, Mr. J. K. Ritheesh alias K.

Shivkumar, and a few other members


near the floor of the table. Furthermore,

when Mr. Shinde attempted to explain the

intent behind the Bill, his speech was

disrupted continuously. This led the

Speaker to adjourn the House again for 2

hours. As soon as the House reassembled

again, Mr. K. Bapiraju, Dr. K. Chiranjeevi,

Mr. K. S. Rao, Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Dr.

Ramachandra Dome, Mr. Kalyan Banerjee,

Ms. Jayaprada, Mr. P. Karunakaran, Mr.

Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary and a

few other members disrupted the House

and got up and stood near the floor of the

table. Thereafter, Mr. Shinde continued his

speech amidst ongoing disruptions. The

Speaker then moved a motion to take the

Bill into consideration. Ms. Sushma Swaraj

and Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy gave speeches in

support of the Bill on behalf of their parties

and over constant disruptions. Mr. Reddy

took a while to conclude, in the middle of

incessant disruptions.

Mr. T. R. Baalu specifically disrupted the

House and interjected the proceedings by

stating that the Bill was not being passed


properly. He then proceeded to walk out of

the premises of the House along with a few

other members (and disrupt the

proceedings) in protest of the ongoing

proceedings over the Bill. Thereafter,

Prof. Saugata Roy disrupted the House

incessantly, while ignoring the instructions

of the Speaker. There were a number of

disruptions during the course of the

discussion over clauses of the Telangana

Bill.

Mr. Sharad Yadav and a few other members

disrupted the House, got up and left the

premises of the House. Thereafter, Mr.

Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary came


20. 1

8

.

19.02.2014 The general budget

was laid down at

the proceedings by

Mr. P.

Chidambaram.

Mr. Shailendra

Kumar spoke about

the pitiable

condition of

Muslims and 17

backward castes of

Uttar Pradesh and

urged for their


Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Mr. A. K. S. Vijayan,

Mr. M. Anandan and a few other members


on the floor near the Table. While Mr.

Owaisi managed to pose his question in the

midst of disruptions, the Speaker

adjourned the House immediately

afterwards.

The disruptions in the House made it hard

for the Speaker to begin the budget

presentation. She requested the House to


interruptions

The disruptions were a

result of the contents of

the question posed by

Mr. Owaisi on the

spectrum user charges in

view of the 2G spectrum

auctions.

It is evident from the

discussion, that the

reasons for the


issues regarding (1)


inclusion in the

Scheduled Caste

List.

Mr. T. R. Baalu

spoke about the

attacks on Indian

fishermen and

retrieval of

Katchatheevu Island

in order to find a

permanent solution

to the Tamil Nadu

fishermen issue.

Ms. Jayaprada

spoke about the

passing of the

Women Reservation

Bill in Lok Sabha.

Mr. M. B. Rajesh

spoke about the

alleged incident of

assault by CRPF and

the Delhi Police on

Members of

Parliament.

Ms. Bijoya

Chakravarty spoke

maintain silence, and asked the relevant

members to wait for their turn to speak.

However, Mr. A. K. S. Vijayan and a few


got up and stood near the floor of the

table. Ms. Sushma Swaraj specifically

interrupted to state that some members

including her and Mr. Shailendra Kumar

wanted to discuss two key issues, relating

to (1) the inclusion of certain castes under

Scheduled Castes within the Constitution

(Mr. Shailendra wanted to discuss this

issue), and (2) fishermen, for five minutes

each. There were disruptions throughout

this conversation. Thereafter, in the midst

of further disruptions the Speaker allowed

Mr. Shailendra Kumar to speak on the

issues he wanted to discuss and asked him

to be brief. However, Mr. Kumar’s speech

took place in the middle of incessant

disruptions, wherein several members

including Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and

Mr. Dara Singh Chauhan interrupted to

state that several other castes in their

respective States also needed to be

notified as Scheduled Castes. Mr. Chauhan

was given some time to speak at the end of

Mr. Kumar’s speech.

Thereafter, T. R. Baalu and Dr. M.

Thambidurai spoke on the issue pertaining

to the Tamil Nadu fishermen. These

speeches were followed by Ms. Sushma

pitiable condition of

Muslims and 17

backward castes of Uttar

Pradesh and their

inclusion in the

Scheduled Caste List

under the Constitution,

and regarding attacks on

Indian fishermen and

retrieval of

Katchatheevu Island in

order to find a

permanent solution to

the Tamil Nadu

fishermen issue.

There are various issues

that caused the

disruptions. Out of

these, the primary issue

is the lack of time to

speak and respond.


about the alleged

ill-treatment to the

students and people

of North-Eastern

region.

Mr. Sharad Yadav

spoke about the

reservation policy

for SC/ST/OBC in

the aftermath of

judgement of the

Supreme Court of

India on the writ

petition of AIIMS

Faculty vs.

Government of

India.

The Interim General

Budget (2014-2015)

- General Discussion

Demands for Grants

on Account –

(General)-2014-

2015 and Demands

for Supplementary

Grants – (General)-

2013-2014 was

discussed before

the House.

Thereafter,

Swaraj’s speech, where disruptions were

made by Ms. Jaya Prada, Mr. Shailendra

Kumar and Mr. T. R. Baalu, Mr. Kamal Nath

and Mr. Shailendra Kumar who interrupted

on a related issue. There were disruptions

by members to raise issues without giving

prior notice and Mr. Sharad Yadav also

interrupted and wanted time to speak on

the fishermen related issues.

Disruptions continued in the House, Dr.

Ramchandra Dome and Mr. Sharad Yadav

kept on disrupting the House by either

interjecting or standing up on the floor

near the Table. Mr. Kamal Nath was finally

given an opportunity to speak by the

Speaker. However, his speech was

constantly interrupted by others, including

Mr. T. R. Baalu and Mr. Dara Singh

Chauhan.

Thereafter, the Speaker gave Mr. Sharad

Yadav an opportunity to speak, however

his speech was cut short due to disruptions.

At this point, Dr. M. Thambidurai and a few

other members left the premises of the

House. Subsequently, Ms. Jaya Prada spoke

about the passing of Women Reservation

Bill in Lok Sabha; however, her speech was

disrupted by Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Mr.

Kamal Nath, and Mr. Dara Singh Chauhan.

While the Speaker then tried to call Mr.


Appropriation (Vote

on Account) Bill,

2014 and the

Appropriation Bill,

2014 were

introduced and

discussed through a

clause-by-clause

analysis. There

were hardly any

disruptions or

interjections in the

case of the two

Bills. Finance Bill,

2014 was

introduced and a

clause-by-clause

analysis was

undertaken amidst

interruptions.

Sharad Yadav to speak, Mr. Bwiswmuthiary

and Mr. Basu Deb Acharia continued to

disrupt the House, by either interjecting or

standing on the floor near the Table. Mr.

Sharad Yadav was, therefore, unable to get

the time to speak.

Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Mr. Shailendra Kumar

and Mr. Mulayam Singh incessantly

interrupted the proceedings and

interjected during the course of Mr. Sharad

Yadav’s speech. Mulayam Yadav’s speech

which followed the previous speech also

continued amidst disruptions. Thereafter,

Mr. T. R. Baalu interjected during the

course of Mr. Kamal Nath’s speech.

There were incessant disruptions

throughout the presentation of various

motions on the budget. Mr. P. L. Punia, Mr.

Shailendra Kumar, Mr. Kaushalendra

Kumar, Mr. Adhi Sankar, Mr. Arjun Roy, Ms.

Paramjeet Kaur Gulshan, Mr. Mulayam

Yadav and few other members constantly

disrupted the House by either interjecting

or by standing on the floor near the Table.

The Speaker passed various motions on the

budget amidst the chaos, including the

Demand for Grants, the Appropriation Bill,

2014, Appropriation (Vote On Account)

Bill, 2014 and the Finance Bill, 2014. Dr.

Murli Manohar Joshi’s speech on the budget


was cut-short due to continuous

disruptions.

Dr. M. Thambidurai interrupted during the

course of Mr. T. R. Baalu’s speech on the

commutation of the death sentences of

three accused persons in a particular case

(unclear which one) in light of a direction

by the Supreme Court. Mr. Shailendra


the speech of Mr. Panna Lal Punia on the

issue of reservations by standing on the

floor near the Table, Mr. Arjun Roy and a

few other members disrupted the speech

of Mr. Gopinath Munde by standing on the

floor near the Table. Mr. Mulayam Singh

Yadav and Mr. Basudev Acharya interjected

(and disrupted) during the course of Mr.

Kapil Sibal’s speech. Thereafter, Mr.

Shailendra Kumar and a few other

members disrupted the speech of Prof.

Saugata Roy, by standing on the floor near

the Table. Lastly, Mr. Shailendra Kumar

and a few other members continued to

disrupt the speech of Mr. V.

Narayanasamy, which ultimately led to the

adjournment of the House.


21. 1

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.

20.02.2014 The Street Vendors

(Protection of

Livelihood and



the Governors

(Emoluments,

Allowances and

Privileges)

Amendment Bill,

2013 and the

National Institutes

of Technology,

Science Education

(Amendment) Bill,

2013, as returned

by the Rajya Sabha,

were laid before

the House. All the

three bills were

passed.

The issue of grant of

Special status to

Bihar was discussed

by Mr. Syed

Shahnawaz Hussain.

Motion was moved

to introduce the

Rani Lakshmi Bai

Central Agricultural

Mr. Bhuria interrupted and attempted to

speak but his speech was cut short by

disruptions by Mr. Shailendra Kumar and a

few other members who got up and stood

on the floor near the Table.

Once Question Hour commenced, Mr.

Viswanathan was unable to pose his

question as there were constant

disruptions in the House in the first half.

Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh,

Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Mr. A.K.S. Vijayan,



near the Table. Subsequently, the House

was adjourned till noon.

The Chairman’s announcement was

followed by an interjection (and

disruption) by Mr. Shailendra Kumar, who

stated that several important matters

needed consideration in the ‘Zero Hour’.

The Street Vendors (Protection of

Livelihood and Regulation of Street

Vending) Bill, 2013, the Governors

(Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges)

Amendment Bill, 2013 and the National

Institutes of Technology, Science

Education (Amendment) Bill, 2013 were


interruptions

Reasons for disruptions

may have been related

to the case

of/conviction of Rajiv

Gandhi’s assassins.

While the reasons for all

the disruption are not

completely clear, it is

evident that Dr.

Thambidurai’s concern

relates to the Tamil

Nadu fishermen, and Mr.

Lalan’s concerns relate

to the budget allotted to

backward regions.

Reasons for the

disruption may have

related to the lack of

chance to speak on the

contents of the Bill.


University Bill, 2014

under article 117(3)

of the Constitution.

After some

discussion of the Bill

and its clauses, the

Bill was passed.

The approval of

Order issued by the

President in

relation to

Government of

National Capital

Territory of Delhi

was adopted by the

House without

much discussion.

A motion for


Narcotic Drug and

Psychotropic

Substances

(Amendment) Bill,

2011, was

introduced in the

House. The Bill was

finally passed.

passed without much

discussion/interruptions/disruptions.

While speeches were ongoing, Mr. Rajiv

Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Dr.

Thambidurai, Mr. Jagdambika Pal, Mr.

Shailendra Kumar, Mr. K. Sugumar, Mr.

Arjun Roy and a few other members

incessantly disrupted the House by either

interjecting or getting up and standing on

the floor near the Table.

While the Deputy Speaker moved the Rani

Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University

Bill, 2014 for consideration before the

House, Mr. C. Rajendran and a few other

members disrupted the house, got up and

stood on the floor near the Table. The Bill

was, however, eventually adopted. As soon

as the Bill was passed, Mr. Shailendra

Kumar, Mr. Jagdambika Pal and a few

other members disrupted the House, got


The House was subsequently adjourned.

Mr. Arjun Roy and a few other members

disrupted the House, got up and stood on

the floor near the Table. Eventually, the

Chairman assured the disrupting members

of being given a chance to speak during the

Zero Hour.


There were constant disruptions during the

introduction of the motion for

consideration of the Narcotic Drug and

Psychotropic Substances (Amendment)

Bill, 2011 and the speeches that followed.

Mr. Nishikant Dubey made his speech in the

midst of incessant disruptions. The

Chairman directly put the Bill to vote, in

view of the incessant disruptions.

The Chairman also allowed Mr. Shailendra

Kumar to make certain comments on the

Bill, which involved various disruptions by

unknown persons. Mr. Ajay Kumar’s

speech, Mr. Vinay Kumar Pandey’s speech,

and Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s speech

on the Bill were also followed by incessant

disruptions. In the midst of these

disruptions, the Bill was adopted by the

House. Members such as Mr. Arjun Roy, Mr.

Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh and a

few others incessantly disrupted the

House, got up and stood on the floor near

the Table.

When Mr. Bhakta Charan Das was about to

speak on the issue of grant of special status

to Bihar again, Mr. Arjun Roy and a few

other members disrupted the House, got



Thereafter, Mr. Bhartruhari Mahtab, Mr.

Basu Deb Acharia, and Mr. Radha Mohan

Singh made their speeches amidst

disruptions. Meanwhile, Mr. P. Lingam, Ms.

Susmita Bauri and a few other members


the floor near the Table. Mr. Satpal

Maharaj, Mr. Dara Singh Chauhan, Mr.

Chowdhury Lal Singh and Mr. Vishnu Pad

Rai gave their speeches amidst disruptions

and interjected each other. Thereafter,

Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh

gave his speech, and left the premises of

the House (disrupted the House), along

with a few other members. Later on, Mr.

Syed Shahnawaz Hussain disrupted the

House and kept on interjecting. This led

the Chairman to let him speak, however,

there were incessant disruptions, and Mr.

Shailendra Kumar specifically interjected

stating that Mr. Hussain had been given

more chances to speak.

22. 2

0

.

21.02.2014 Questions on the

subsidisation of LPG

cylinders were

raised.

Questions on

propagation of

food-related

schemes for


there were incessant disruptions by several

unknown members. Mr. Thol

Thirumaavalavan, Mr. Maheshwar Hazari

and a few other members incessantly


the floor near the Table. Eventually, Mr.

Jeyadurai proceeded with his question on

the subsidisation of LPG cylinders, and Mr.

Veerappa Moily attempted to answer it


interruptions

Reasons for the


the questions on the

subsidisation of LPG

cylinders.

Reasons for the


the questions on the


malnourished

children and women

in rural areas were

raised.

There was

discussion on the

Demands for Grants

on Account

(National Capital

Territory of Delhi)

for 2014-15,

National Capital

Territory of Delhi

Budget (2014-15) —

General Discussion,

Demands for

Supplementary

Grants – National

Capital Territory of

Delhi (2013-14).

Mr. T. R. Baalu was

then invited to raise

the issue of the Sri

Lankan Tamils.

The possible impact

of Model Code of

Conduct on

development works

amidst incessant disruptions by several

members, including Mr. Dome, Mr.

Maheshwar Hazari and several others, who

held placards and stood on the floor near

the Table.

Mr. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Mr. Ponnam

Prabhakar, Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Dr.

Sanjeev Ganesh Nayak, Mr. Gorakhnath

Pandey and Prof. Saugat Roy and various

other members interrupted during the

question-answer round to point out some

fallacies in Mr. Moily’s answer.

Subsequently, Mr. Moily completed his

answer amidst continuous disruptions.

After Mr. Prabhnath Singh asked his

question on the propagation of food-

related schemes for malnourished children

and women in rural areas, Mr. Ghulam Nabi

Azad, Minister of Health, answered the

question. Thereafter, Ms. Sushma Swaraj

stood up to make a statement, however

her mic did not work. On that point, there

were interruptions in the House.

Subsequently, several individuals posed

questions to Mr. Azad, amidst minor

interruptions. When Mr. Gurudas

Dasgupta’s turn came to ask the question,

Mr. Dara Singh Chauhan started to disrupt

the House.

propagation of food-

related schemes for

malnourished children

and women in rural

areas.

Reasons for the


passage of the Demand

for Grants without any

discussion.


in Uttar Pradesh on

account of

forthcoming

elections to Lok

Sabha was discussed

in the House.

Mr. Bhartruhari

Mahtab was given

time to speak on

the Mother Tongue

Day.

Delhi Appropriation

(Vote On Account)

Bill, 2014 and Delhi

Appropriation Bill,

2014 were

introduced and

discussed through a

clause-by-clause

analysis.

Thereafter, they

were passed.

Numerous

valedictory

references were

made during the

proceedings.

While Mr. Sharad Yadav was continuing

with his speech, there were a few

disruptions. Thereafter, Mr. Prabhunath

Singh and Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad started to

interject and disrupt the proceedings of

the House. When Mr. Yashwant Sinha’s turn

came to speak, there were incessant

disruptions in the House.

While Mr. Baalu’s speech was going on, Mr.

Uday Singh disrupted the House, got up and

stood on the floor near the Table.

Several speeches were made during the

discussion, however there were incessant

disruptions throughout made by unknown

persons.

There were constant disruptions during Mr.

Mahtab’s speech by certain members of

the House, including Prof. Saugata Roy.

After Mr. Mahtab’s speech, Dr. Ram

Chandra Dome started to speak on the

same issue. However, his speech was

followed by incessant disruptions by

unknown members.

As soon as the Minister of State in the

Ministry of Finance, Mr. Jesudasu Seelam,

started to make his speech, there were

incessant disruptions in the House. Mr.


Kamal Nath kept interjecting and

disrupting the House and did not let Mr.

Seelam speak.

As soon as the Chairman made his

announcement, Prof. Saugata Roy started

to incessantly disrupt and interject during

the course of the proceedings of the

House.

Prof. Saugata Roy and a few other

members incessantly disrupted and

interjected during the course of the

proceedings on Item no. 26G. Thereafter,

the Delhi Appropriation (Vote on Account)

Bill, 2014, and the Delhi Appropriation Bill,

2014 were passed by the House. As soon as

these Bills were adopted, Mr. Chaudhary

Lal Singh, Mr. Dharmendra Yadav and a few



Table. The next member scheduled to

speak, Mr. Arjun Ram Meghwal, made his

speech amidst incessant disruptions. Dr.

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh disrupted the


near the Table. Thereafter, Dr.

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh was given the

floor to speak, but his speech was

incessantly disrupted by other members.


As soon as Mr. Abdul Rahman took the floor

to speak on the issues of Dalits, there were

incessant disruptions. At one point, Mr.

Thol Thirumaavalavan and a few other



There were disruptions when Mr. Basu Deb

Acharia started to speak on the Economic

Policy. Later on, Mr. Arjun Roy attempted

to make certain allegations and incessantly

disrupted the House. Thereafter, during

the valedictory speech of Mr. Sushil Kumar

Shinde, there were incessant disruptions in

the House.

There were interruptions/disruptions

throughout the speeches of almost all

persons during this Session.


C. The 236th Session of the Rajya Sabha (21st July- 13th August, 2015) [Monsoon Session 2015] (‘RS II’)

S.No. DATE OF

SESSION

MAIN TOPICS OF

DEBATE/DISCUSSION

DETAILS OF DISRUPTION/INTERRUPTIONS NO. OF

DISRUPTIONS/INTERRUP

TIONS

POSSIBLE CAUSE/S

1. 21.07.2015 The issue of corruption

was raised with regard

to issue of travel

documents to Mr. Lalit

Modi by Ms. Sushma

Swaraj.

The Whistleblower’s

Protection (Amendment)

Bill, 2015 was laid on the

Table.

The Negotiable

Instruments

(Amendments) Bill, 2015

was withdrawn.

When the motion regarding suspension of

Rules was raised, members of the House

incessantly disrupted the proceedings. These

included Mr. Anand, Mr. Sitaram Yechury and

Mr. Arun Jaitley, leading to the adjournment

of the House. Once the House reassembled,

various members, including Mr. Pramod

Tiwari, Mr. Mansukh Mandviya, Mr.

Hanumantha Rao, Mr. Piyush Goyal, Mr.

Sitaram Yechury, Mr. Naresh Agarwal, Mr.

Arun Jaitley and Mr. Anand Sharma

continuously disrupted the proceedings.

Members continuously disrupted proceedings,

including by displaying posters.

Consideration of Whistleblowers’ Protection

(Amendment) Bill, 2015 and Negotiable

Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was

marked by constant disruptions by Mr.

Jesudasu Seelam.

The actual issues could not be raised or

discussed in detail until the end of the

proceedings due to constant interruptions

relating to allegations of corruptions against


interruptions

The primary reason of the

disruptions pertains to the

issue of travel documents to

Mr. Lalit Modi. Members

wanted a discussion on the

substance of the allegations

and demanded a high-level

inquiry and the resignation

of the leaders involved.

Reasons for disruption

include the demand for

suspension of the House for

the particular day.

Mr. Naresh Agarwal made

constant disruptions at the

beginning of the proceedings

to raise a matter under Rule

267.

Some disruptions were made

because members were of

the view that they should be

given separate turns to


leaders (by the opposition) and repeated

demands that they resign.

speak, due to which the

House was adjourned for

some time.

2. 22.07.2015 The Lalitgate issue was

raised and a discussion

on allegations of

corruption against

certain Members of the

Cabinet ensued.

There was a discussion

on the issue of

suspension of Members

of the Cabinet who had

allegations of

malpractice against

them.

The Juvenile Justice

(Care and Protection of

Children) Bill, 2015 was

taken up for

consideration in this

debate.

After the papers were laid on the Table, there

were disruptions by Satish Mishra, Tapan

Kumar Sen and Naresh Agarwal to raise the

Lalitgate issue and the Vyapam Scam.

Interruptions were mainly to draw the

attention of the Chairman to the fact that

there were notices on similar issues of

national importance which should have been

raised and discussed.

Floor was given to Ms. Mayawati but she could

not speak because of constant disruptions.

Pressure was put on the Chairman from the

Opposition to give a ruling against certain

Cabinet members who were allegedly

involved in acts of corruption.

After Question Hour, the Juvenile Justice

(Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2015

was taken up for consideration. Disruptions

were made by Mr. Anand Sharma to say that

this motion could not be taken up because his

motion had not been dealt with. Finally, the

Chairman adjourned the House, saying “the

Chair is helpless and the House is adjourned”.


interruptions

The major reason of the

disruptions was that the

Cabinet Members were not

allowing a debate on the

allegations of malpractices

against them in the context

of Lalitgate and Vyapam.

Certain members like Satish

Chandra Misra and Vir Singh

engaged in disruptions and

stated very clearly that they

were doing so as to not let

the members speak and have

a discussion in the House.

3. 23.07.2015 There was a discussion

on the allegations

Disruptions started when issues raised with

permission of the Chair started being called to

attention.

314 disruptions

Like the proceedings on

22.07.2015, the disruptions

were to discuss the


against Members of the

Cabinet.


on the need for

Chairman to give a ruling

for suspension of

members accused of

malpractices.

Disruptions continued on the issue raised by

Mr. Sitaram Yechury, wherein he said he will

raise the issue only when the members he was

alleging malpractices against resign. There

was constant interruption relating to notices

and motions being heard; and arguments

between the members regarding the same.

Because of this, the House was adjourned for

some time.

When motion for discussion on Juvenile

Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill,

2015 was taken up, Mr. Yechury again

interrupted about his name being taken on the

previous days’ proceedings. Due to this, the

House was adjourned for some time. When it

reassembled, several members again caused

disruptions. Due to this, the discussion could

not go on for a substantial period of time.

The Chairman was constantly pressurised to

give a ruling, and in not doing so, was

constantly interrupted and no fruitful

discussion or debate could be carried out.

Mr. Arun Jaitley also made frequent

disruptions to raise points of order under

various Rules of the Lok Sabha. The

proceedings on this particular day were

marked by various adverse remarks by the

Opposition and the members of the Cabinet

against each other. Similar to the previous

day’s proceedings, they argued with each

allegations against Members

of the Cabinet. This led to

debates between the parties

and arguments about

discussion of the issue.

These were made by Mr.

Anand Sharma and Mr. Ravi

Shankar Prasad. Mr. Ramdas

Athawale made a disruption

to raise an issue relating to

Zero Hour.


include violation of Rules of

the Lok Sabha.

Some disruptions were also a

result of members exerting

pressure on the Chairman to

give a ruling against

Members of the Cabinet.


other on creating a logjam and skirting issues

which were to be discussed.

4. 24.07.2015 There were discussions

on the implementation

of the Anti-Corruption

Bill, Lokpal Bill and

associated issues of anti-

corruption measures.

Matters relating to

disruption and chaos in

the House were

discussed and members

expressed

dissatisfaction in the

running of the House and

their inability to discuss

important issues.

After the Papers and Reports were laid on the

Table, there were incessant disruptions when

the discussion on the Anti-corruption Bill,

Lokpal Bill was started. Again, the issue of

resignation of certain members was raised and

debated. Leader of the Opposition pointed

out that it was the ruling party which was


The House was adjourned for some time due

to constant disruptions by members including,

Mr. Naresh Agarwal, Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi,

Mr. Ashwini Kumar, Mr. Pramod Kumar, Mr.

Avinash Rai Khanna, Mr. Sharad Yadav, Mr.

Naresh Gujral, Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mr.

Anand Sharma.

Amidst the interruptions (after

commencement of the proceedings), the

Negotiable Instruments Bill was withdrawn.

Thereafter, interruptions by Mr. Anand

Sharma started again; following which the

House was adjourned for the next day.

126 disruptions


included violation of the

order of the House and

grievances raised by

Members of the Opposition

pertaining to lack of

accountability of the

Cabinet members.

Disruptions could be

attributable to allegations

by the Opposition that the

Government was skirting

discussion on issues of

national importance.

5. 27.07.2015 None The House was adjourned mourning the demise of

a Member.

None None

6. 28.07.2015 None The House was adjourned mourning the demise of

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

None None

7. 30.07.2015 A statement was made

by the Minister of Home

Mr. Anand Sharma interrupted Mr. Rajnath

Singh’s statement on the terrorist attack in


disruptions are not clear


Affairs, Mr. Rajnath

Singh, regarding a

terrorist attack in

Gurdaspur, Punjab.

Gurdaspur - There were other, constant

disruptions when the terrorist attack in

Gurdaspur was being discussed.

from the debate, but

appeared to have related to

the raising of issues of public

and national importance.

However, the members

concerned (Mr. Anand

Sharma) conceded that due

to issues of larger

importance, the issues

raised by them could be

discussed later.


result of members raising

issues which the Chairman

was not allowing to be

discussed at that time.

8. 31.07.2015 The implementation of

Report of the Standing

Committee on Food,

Consumer Affairs and

Public Distribution was

discussed.

The Child Labour

(Prohibition and

Regulation) Amendment

Bill, 2012, The

Prevention of Corruption

(Amendment) Bill, 2013

were laid on the Table

Constant interruptions when issues relating to

Textile Industry were raised and the

statement was to be read (interruption by Mr.

Anand Sharma who said this should not be

raised).

These interruptions were to bring into notice

of the Chairman fresh motions- and the

members who interrupted stated that the

previous motions/rejections of the same on

the same or similar issues should not be taken

into consideration. Due to the chaos, the

House was adjourned for some time.

There were constant disruptions on a point of

order, and the Members of the Opposition


interruptions


include the need for

discussing private members’

resolutions.

Some Members of the

Opposition disrupted the

proceedings because they

felt that issues were being

discussed in the House

without prior notice to all

the members.


for consideration and

passing.

The Appropriation Bills,

Demands for Excess

Grants (Railways) for

2012-13 and

Supplementary Demands

for Grants (General) for

2015-16 were considered

and returned.

constantly interrupted saying they wanted a

discussion on the issue of corruption in the

Government. This resulted in disruptions by

Members of the Cabinet as well as the

Opposition alleging that they were trying to

avoid discussion on the issue of corruption.

When the Minister of Railways, Manoj Sinha

attempted to address a Question, there were

constant disruptions by Mr. Sitaram Yechury.

Disruptions when a member was speaking out

of turn without notice to raise allegations

against Members of the Cabinet. Mr. Anand

Sharma and Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad disrupted

the proceedings to say that the issues which

needed to be discussed were not being taken

up. Mr. Anand Sharma, Mansukh M. Madviya

disrupted the proceedings. This was followed

by disruptions by Mr. Avinash Rai Khanna. Mr.

Tarun Vijay interrupted to comment on the

chaotic state of affairs of the House.

Mr. Prakash Javadekar disrupted to state that

the aforementioned disruptions were not

related to points of order and that it was to

skirt the discussion on the issues.

Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad made disruptions after

the bills were laid for consideration and

passing. Mr. Jesudasu Seelam made

disruptions for adjournment motion.

The Chairman finally said that the parties had

reached some kind of stalemate due to

Most of the disruptions were

for interrupting members

who were raising issues,

alleging that they did not

want a discussion and they

were raising issues for

political motives and mud-

slinging.

Interruptions occurred when

the point of order was being

discussed i.e. the suspension

of members under Rule 267.


constant disruption (and approaching the

Table), and that House would be adjourned

till 3rd August when discussions would

commence properly.

9. 03.08.2015 Issues arising out of

formation of a new State

of Telangana were

discussed.

Motions to raise point of

order under Rule 267

were introduced.

Discussion on the

conduct of members

speaking out of turn and

in violation of the Rules

of the House.

Once papers were laid on the Table, there

were incessant disruptions to raise issues

which were not on agenda; placards were

raised for drawing attention as well. Mr. Ravi

Shankar Prasad drew attention to the AP-

Telangana issue. The Chairman said this would

be raised only after notice was given.

Disruptions by Mr. Jesudasu Seelam, Mr. Vijay

Goyal, and Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi as well.

Mr. Subbarami Reddy, Mr. Seelam and Mr.

Hanumantha Rao disrupted by displaying

posters. Mr. Anand Sharma interrupted to

express his discontent that issues without

notice were allowed to be raised and wanted

to raise a point of order; but issues on notice

were not being raised immediately. There

were extensive disruptions asking the

Chairman to make a ruling. Mr. Madhusudan

Mistry caused disruptions to raise a point of

order.

Many disruptions occurred when a debate on

the interpretation of the Rajya Sabha rules

was being conducted by the Speaker. Mr. Arun

Jaitley raised a point of order. Mr. Anand

Sharma, Mr. Pramod Tiwari, Mr. Arun Jaitley,

Mr. Naresh Agarwal, Mr. Madhusdan Mistry,

Mr. Hanumantha Rao, Mr. Mukhtar Nabbas Mr.


interruptions

Disruptions were made

mainly to raise issues which

had not been listed for that

day; members were speaking

without the permission of

the Chairman.

There were disruptions by

Subbarami Reddy, Mr.

Seelam, Mr. Hanumantha

Rao when statements were

being made. The reasons for

these disruptions is not

clear.

A large number of

disruptions on the debate of

this day were on points of

order; such as the non-

circulation of notices for

motions to all the members

in the House.

Some members disrupted

the debate to demand ruling

for inquiry to be conducted


Naqvi, Raj Babbar caused disruptions in the

proceedings on different points of order.

Disruptions by Madhusudan Mistry and Pramod

Tiwari.

Mr. Jesudasu Seelam and Mr. Ravi Shankar

Prasad made disruptions to state that

discussion should be commenced on other

issues as the issue of AP-Telangana was not

the problem of the Parliament.

Mr. Sitaram Yechury, Mr. Arun Jaitley and

some other members had a discussion relating

to the Rules of Procedure of the House. At the

end of the proceedings, the Chairman also

stated that the Media would have noted that

no statement was allowed to be made; due to

the chaotic way the House functioned

throughout the course of the day.

against members against

whom there were allegations

of malpractices.

Certain members of the

House disrupted the

proceedings on a point of

order, stating that members

were speaking out of turn

(which was against the Rules

of the House).

10. 04.08.2015 Motion for discussion on

the Prevention of

Corruption

(Amendment) Bill, 2013,

was cut short by

constant disruptions.

A statement on the rail

accident in Harda,

Madhya Pradesh was

made.

After the papers were laid on the Table (at

the beginning of the debate), Mr. Mistry

constantly disrupted the proceedings,

accompanied by showing of placards to raise

issues.

When the Prevention of Corruption

(Amendment) Bill, 2013 was sought to be

moved, there were incessant disruptions. Mr.

Naresh Agarwal said this could not be

discussed because the House was not in order.

Due to excessive slogan shouting, the House

was adjourned for the next day and no


interruptions

Reason for disruptions was to

raise issues relating to the


Bill, 2013 (accompanied by

slogan shouting to draw

attention to issues

pertaining to its provisions).

It appears that the

disruptions were made to

catch the attention of the

Speaker to raise various


discussion on the motion for the

aforementioned Bill happened.

Constant disruptions when Rajiv Pratap Rudy

wanted to make comments on the issue of the

Prevention of Corruption Bill, 2013.

issues (not specified), some

of which were grievances

relating to the chaotic state

of affairs in the House. (For

example, Mr. Mukhtar Abbas

Naqvi made disruptions to

state that statement needed

to be made on the Railway

accident that had taken

place in Harda, Madhya

Pradesh).

11. 05.08.2015 The majority of the

debate focussed on the

Rail Accident in the

state of Madhya

Pradesh, pertaining to

issues of compensation

and legal action against

the persons responsible.

When Chairman raised the issue of demands

for suspension of Notices under Rule 267,

there were constant disruptions accompanied

by shouting of slogans.

Once the Chairman allowed the motion for the

Prevention of Corruption Bill, 2013, there

were constant interruptions due to which

there was no discussion on the aspects and

features of the Bill.

The Chairman was forced to adjourn the

House because of the unruly behaviour of

some of the members.


interruptions


include the wish to raise

other issues when the


Bill, 2013 was sought to be

discussed.

Some of the disruptions were

caused due to the

controversial issue of

suspension of certain

members being debated in

the House.

12. 06.08.2015 Statement by the Home

Minister regarding the

Terrorist Attack in BSF

Convoy in Udhampur,

J&K.

The Statement regarding the Terrorist Attack

was constantly interrupted on the grounds

that it was very long and taking up the time

allotted for other business in the House.

Minister of State, Dr. Jitendra Singh made a

statement on the Prevention of Corruption


interruptions

Disruptions by Members of

the Opposition to state that

since the House was in

order, they desired to raise

and discuss certain issues


Debate initiated,

followed by discussion

on suspension of

business under Rule 267,

which was marked by

constant disruptions.

Motion to further to

amend the Prevention of

Corruption Act, 1988

was proposed.

Bill, 2013 amidst various interruptions,

including by Mr. Anand Sharma, who claimed

that no Bill should be discussed when the

House is not in order.

Disruption by Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad when Mr.

Jitendra Singh was making a statement

relating to the Railways to raise the issue of

attack on the border of India and Pakistan in

Udhampur District of Jammu and Kashmir.

This was interrupted by Mr. Satyavrat

Chaturvedi, Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mr.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, disrupted the

proceedings to raise a point of order. Mr.

Anand Sharma who also interrupted when Mr.

Jitendra Singh was making a motion that the

Bill further to amend the Prevention of

Corruption Act, 1988, be taken into

consideration. Leaders of Opposition said that

no Bill can be discussed when the House

wasn’t in Order. Ultimately, the proceedings

were cut short because the House was

interrupted too frequently (and adjourned for

the next day).

which could not be discussed

earlier for lack of order.


made by Members of the

Opposition to raise issues

relating to a Bill (Prevention

of Corruption Bill).

Some of these disruptions

were also to oppose the

discussion on the aforesaid

Bill and create a logjam in

the House.

Disruptions were also made

to allege malpractices and

corruption by the Opposition

in relation to Members of the

Cabinet.

There were some disruptions

to raise a point of order.

13. 07.08.2015 Discussion and debate on

motion for suspension of

the Business of the

House under Rule 267.

When papers were being laid on the Table,

there were constant disruptions by Mr. Naresh

Agarwal, Mr. Ram Gopal Yadav and Ms.

Viplove Thakur to bring to attention certain

members of the government allegedly


interruptions

Disruptions by Mr. Naresh

Agarwal were made to name

members who had

allegations of malpractices

against them.


The Constitution

Amendment Bills,

Consumer Goods (Right

to Free Return) Bill,

2015, Personal

Bankruptcy (Declaration

and Rehabilitation) Bill,

2015, Road Safety and

Protection of Vulnerable

Road Users Bill, 2015,

Andhra Pradesh

Reorganisation

(Amendment) Bill, 2015,

Indian Penal Code


were introduced and the

last one was taken up for

consideration.

involved in pressurizing the chair (the merits

of the allegation were unclear).

Mr. Naresh Agarwal disrupted the proceedings

to raise an issue in furtherance of the notice

given by him regarding Rule 267 (Suspension

of business). During the course of his speech,

he was constantly interrupted, and therefore

the Chairman adjourned the House for some

time. There were interruptions by Mr. Tapan

Kumar Sen.

Mr. Madhsudan Mistry, Mr. Mukhtar Abbas

Naqvi disrupted the debate when private

members’ business was to be taken up saying

that no one was present and therefore, this

could not be done.

Mr. Anand Sharma caused disruptions after

bills were introduced and taken up for

consideration, to say that till the issues raised

by them are not discussed, they will create

stalemate (to stall working of House).

Reasons for Mr. Anand

Sharma’s disruptions were

that the House could not

take up business until the

members were present and

till the matters they wished

to discuss were taken up for

consideration.


disrupted the proceedings on

different points of order.


by Members of the

Opposition in an attempt to

create a stalemate and stop

all debate in the House.

14. 10.08.2015 Motion was made for

taking into

consideration the

Appropriation

(Railways) No. 3 Bill,

2015.

Motor Vehicles

(Amendment) Bill,

When papers were being laid, Mr. Ali Anwar

Ansari interrupted to point out those

unsatisfactory candidates, who were being

given the post of Governors. Mr. Thawar

Chand Gehlot and Mr. Piyush Goyal also made

disruptions.

During the course of the proceedings there

were various interruptions and arguments,

wherein the Government stated that it is not

258 disruptions Reasons for disruptions

included the controversial

issue of non-compliance with

proper procedure when

appointing Governors;

demand to discuss the

reorganisation of Andhra

Pradesh.


2014 was

withdrawn.

given the opportunity to respond to the

Opposition. Because of constant disruptions,

(serious, also involved personal allegations),

the House was adjourned till noon.

Mr. K.C. Tyagi also made disruptions to raise

an issue (details of issue not clear from the

debate). Disruptions by Mr. Satyavrat

Chaturvedi saying he was not being given a

turn to speak. Disruptions by Mr. Naresh

Agarwal and Mr. K. C. Tyagi to raise a point of

order.

When the proceedings commenced again,

there were constant interruptions about the

issue of appointment of a Governor. Mr. Ram

Gopal Yadav interrupted when Constitutional

provisions regarding the appointment of

Governor of a State were being discussed and

addressed by Mr. K. C. Tyagi. The Motor

Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was

withdrawn amidst various interruptions.

Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mr. Arun Jaitley, Mr.

Naresh Agarwal, Mr. Sharad Yadav and Mr. T.

Rangarajan incessantly disrupted the house to

raise various issues.

When the Minister of Railways, Mr. Suresh

Prabhu, moved a motion for taking into

consideration the Appropriation (Railways)

No. 3 Bill, 2015, he was disrupted due to

which this matter was decided to be taken up

Some disruptions occurred as

a result of arguments

between the Members of

Opposition and the ruling

party to bring up issues of

discussion (These disruptions

did not result in actual

discussion of the issues).

There were disruptions by

various members on the

grounds that their voices

were not being heard in the

House.


the next day and the House was adjourned for

the rest of the day.

15. 11.08.2015 The debate revolved

around various issues

raised by members of

the House relating to

procedure followed by

House and Rajya Sabha

Rules, on points of order

and suspension of

business of the House

under Rule 267.


on the destruction

caused in West Bengal by

cyclone Komen and

relief measures

undertaken.

Compensation for

families of victims who

were killed in the

stampede in Deogarh,

Jharkhand was raised for

discussion.

In the course of the

debate, the issue of

Special Category status

Disruptions by Mr. Neeraj Shekhar and Mr.

Sanjeev Kumar after the Report of the

Standing Committee on Railways was laid on

the Table to raise issues relating to the

stampede in Deogarh, Jharkhand. Placards

were also displayed. There were also

disruptions by Mr. K. K. Ragesh and Mr.

Anubhav Mohanty to state that they had given

notices for raising issues in Zero Hour and

should be allowed to speak.

There were disruptions by Mr. Tapan Kumar

Sen to draw attention to the notice of

privilege motion that he had given.

Disruptions by Mr. Seelam, and continuous

disruptions by Mr. Naresh Agarwal saying that

he wished to raise a point of order. The

Chairman had to provide answers about the

procedure for calling out issues, resulting

from interruptions. He also interrupted

further on the issue of image of MPs being

tarnished in the media.

Appropriation (Railways) No. 3 Bill, 2015 was

taken up for consideration (as was decided in

the previous day’s sitting). The motion for

consideration was adopted but no substantive

discussion took place subsequently.


interruptions


included attempts to raise a

point of order for discussion

in the House. Discussions

over the issue of the victims

of the stampedes in

Deogarh, Jharkhand, and the

controversy surrounding the

suicide of a man over the

reorganisation of the State

of Andhra Pradesh, also led

to disruptions.

Some disruptions were made

to draw attention to issues

that were part of the listed

business of the House. There

were also some grievances

regarding the structuring of

the business of the House for

this particular day.

Disruptions were also made

for a motion to introduce a

Constitutional Amendment

Bill which was included in

the revised list of business

but was not being taken up

for discussion (due to other

business being discussed).


to the Andhra Pradesh

was brought up and

discussed.

Mr. Sukhendu Shekhar Roy and Mr. Derek

O’Brien disrupted the proceedings to

associate with the issue related to damage

caused by Cyclone Kommen. It seems this

disruption was to ensure they got facetime by

associating with the issue. Mrs. Jaya Bachchan

and Mr. Neeraj Shekhar were also members

who caused disruptions to associate with the

issues raised by other members.

Mr. Anand Sharma interrupted to state that

the Revised List of Business had listed this

Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-

second Amendment) Bill for which no time

had been allocated at the Session.

Interruptions ensued after this; Chairman

adjourned the House saying this Bill being

Constitutional could not be taken up

considering that there was pandemonium.

16. 12.08.2015 There was Discussion on

notices given for

suspension of business

under Rule 267.

Motion for the

introduction of the GST

Bill (the Bill was

subsequently introduced

and a discussion was

initiated).

Interruptions began when the Deputy

Chairman expressed that the notices under

Rule 267 would not be taken up. Mr. Anand

Sharma continuously interrupted to say that

the Opposition’s rights were not being taken

into consideration.

Interruptions by Members of the Opposition

(Mr. Anand Sharma, Mr. TK Rangarajan, Mr.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqwi, Mr. Sharad Yadav). The

Chairman made remarks against this

behaviour and said that a motion cannot be

conditional.


interruptions

The majority of the

disruptions and interruptions

in this debate seem to be by

the Opposition expressing

their issues with the absence

of the Prime Minister in the

House, to address issues of

allegations against the

Cabinet (stating that the

Prime Minister should be the

one responding on certain

issues and only then they

would raise and discuss the

issues completely).


Lot of interruptions when the GST Bill was

raised and therefore the Bill could not be

considered or discussed. Chairman adjourned

the House on account of too many disruptions

by Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and other

members, which also led to considerably short

proceedings.

Some members of the

Opposition also disrupted

the proceedings to initiate

discussion on controversial

issues (allegations of

malpractices against

Members of the Cabinet).

17. 13.08.2015 Final Session (Monsoon). After papers and reports etc. were laid down

and a concluding speech was made on the

issues discussed in the course of the Monsoon

Session and the functioning of the Rajya

Sabha, the Chairman expressed his desire to

adjourn the House till 12 noon (on a peaceful

note) and this House was adjourned, following

which statement was made for closing of the

Monsoon Session for the year 2015.

7 disruptions None


D. The Fifth Session of the 16th Lok Sabha (21st July- 13th August, 2015) [Monsoon Session 2015] (‘LS II’)

S. No. DATE OF

THE DEBATE

MAIN TOPICS OF

DEBATE/DISCUSSION

DETAILS OF DISRUPTION/INTERRUPTION NO. OF DISRUPTIONS

and/or INTERRUPTIONS

POSSIBLE CAUSE/S

1. 1

.

21.07.2015 Introductions None None None

2. 1

.

22.07.2015 There was a discussion

on the issue of welfare

and rehabilitation

schemes for Scheduled

Castes and Tribes.

The Speaker initiated a

discussion at the

beginning of the Session

to call out the disruptive

behaviour of some

members and condemn

the same.

Disruptions at the commencement of the

Session for raising issues; placards were raised

and motions for adjournment were put forth

by members such as Mr. Sarvashri N. K.

Premachandran, Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, Mr.

Kodikunnil Suresh, Mr. A. P. Jithender Reddy,

Mr. Dharmendra Yadav, Prof. Saugata Roy,

Sarvashri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav, Mr. M.

B. Rajesh, Mr. P. Karunakaran, Md. Salim, Md.

Badaruddoza Khan, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Mr.

E. Ahamed and Mr. Shankar Prasad Datta (and

rejected subsequently). House was adjourned

for an hour till 12 noon. Hon'ble Speaker

referred to Rules 349 and 351 about the

conduct of business in Parliament (further

disruptions and certain members came and

stood near the Speaker).

Motion for extension of time for the

presentation of the Report of the Joint

Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation

and Transparency in Land Acquisition,

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second

Amendment) Bill, 2015 up to the First day of

the Third week of current Session of

27 disruptions

Several members (including

Members of the Opposition)

made disruptions for a motion

to adjourn the House so that

matters (not listed in the

business for this particular

day but of national

importance) would be taken

up and discussed in the

House.


result of several members

expressing that their voices

were not being heard.


Parliament (Monsoon Session 2015) was

adopted, following which there were

disruptions and showing of placards against

this. The House was thus adjourned till two

o’clock.

There were incessant disruptions when the

matters under Rule 377 were taken up. This

led to members, including Mr. K. C. Venugopal

and Mr. Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, coming and

standing near the Speaker.

The discussion on the need to include Dhangar

caste in the list of Scheduled Tribes was

followed by disruptions, which again led to

adjournment of the House till 11 am the next

day i.e. 23.07.2015.

3. 2

.

23.07.2015 Discussion on the

privilege motion relating

to the comment made on

social media by Mr.

Robert Vadra which

spoke negatively of the

politicians of the

country.

Committee on private

members’ bills tabled its

report in the House.

Disruptions in the form of demands for

adjournment motions were made before the

Question Hour commenced. Due to excessive

disruptions, the House had to be adjourned

for some time. After the House reconvened,

there were minor interruptions when the

Committee on private members’ bills and

Resolutions and Committee on Government

Assurance placed reports and papers on the

table by Mr. Ninong Ering, Mr. Balka Suman,

Mr. K. C. Venugopal and Mr. Gaurav Gogoi.

Disruptions by members before Question

Hour, accompanied with displaying of

placards. Notices for adjournment from Mr.

Mallikarjun Kharge, Mr. M. Veerappa Moily,

76 disruptions

Reasons for disruptions are

that the House did not discuss

matters of concern to the

Opposition which included

issues against the policies of

the Government.

Disruptions were also caused

due to the controversial topic

of a privilege motions.

Disruptions were also to draw

attention to issues that the

members wanted to discuss-

but they felt it was not being

paid attention to- perhaps

they are aware that if the


Mr. K. C. Venugopal on the issue of IPL. There

was a motion for adjournment to discuss

instead the Vyapam Scam by Mr. Md.

Badaruddoza Khan, Mr. Mohammad Salim, Mr.

Sankar Prasad Datta and Mr. M. B. Rajesh.

When information on earthquake predictions

in Uttarakhand, flood related concerns in

J&K; and the Twentieth Report of the Business

Advisory Committee was being placed before

the Speaker, there were constant

interruptions.

The motion to withdraw the Bill to further

amend the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881,

which was passed by the Lok Sabha on the 13th

May, 2015 and laid on the Table of Rajya

Sabha on the same day was followed by

disruptions.

Disruptions by Mr. Prahlad Joshi (Member)

who gave a notice for moving a Privilege

motion alleging that Robert Vadra has shown

disrespect to the Parliament by questioning

the leadership qualities of the Members of

the Cabinet . Again, the Speaker requested

that placards not be shown. Interruption by

Mallikarjuna Kharge in this discussion as well.

House was adjourned till 24.07.2015.

House disrupts and adjourns,

their issues will not be

brought-up.

The reasons for showing

placards is not clear from the

debate, but a probable cause

could be desire to raise

issues.

4. 3

.

24.07.2015 The business of the

House during this day

consisted of discussion

on the adjournment

There were incessant disruptions when

adjournment motions introduced by members

including Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, Dr. M.

Veerappa Moily, Mr. K.C. Venugopal, Mr. Rajiv

9 disruptions The reasons for majority of

the disruptions was

discontent on the part of the

Opposition for lack of


motions relating to

issues such as the

Vyapam Scam, a

separate High Court for

the State of Telangana,

IPL Scam, Communal

clashes and a National

Judicial Commission.

Satav, Mr. P. Karunakaran, Mr. N.K.

Premachandran, Mr. Sankar Prasad Datta, Mr.

Md. Badaruddoza Khan, Mr. Md. Salim, Mr.

Bhagwant Mann, Mr. M. B. Rajesh, Mr. A. P.

Jithender Reddy, Mr. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

and Dr. A. Sampath relating to certain topics

were disallowed. These motions were

introduced to discuss issues such as the

Vyapam Scam, the National Judicial

Commission, setting up of High Court in

Telangana and the IPL issue.

Thereafter, some members, such as Mr.

Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Mr. Kotha

Prabhakar Reddy came and stood on the floor

of the House. These disruptions led to the

House being adjourned till the next day.

Due to continuous disruptions in the House,

Starred Questions could not be taken up for

oral answers. Therefore, these Starred

Questions were treated as Un-starred

Questions.

opportunity to raise issues

against the Government and

its policies; as well as

allegations of corruptions

against Members of the

Cabinet .

Disruptions were also caused

due to discontent when the

Speaker disallowed the

adjournment motions.

Disruptions were made to

raise issues of national

importance.

5. 4

.

27.07.2015 There were discussions

regarding the Terrorist

attack in Gurdaspur,

Punjab.

Delhi High Court


also sought to be

introduced; statement

Before the commencement of the Question

Hour, proceedings were disrupted by showing

of placards, which was stopped by the

Speaker. The issues were sought to be raised

by Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, Mr. M. Veerappa

Moily, Mr. K. C. Venugopal, Mr. Rajiv Satav,

Mr. P. Karunakaran and Mr. N. K.

Premachandran regarding IPL controversy;

Mr. Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav and Mr.

Dharmendra Yadav regarding caste based


interruptions

Disruptions during

Question Hour were made

my members desirous of

raising issues of public

importance. Disruptions

by Mr. Mallikarjun

Kharge, when he felt that

he was not being heard in

relation to the terrorist

issue. He said that such


given with reasons and

need for introducing this

Bill.

Statement made on the

various scams in the

country and the

importance of inquiring

into the same.

census; Mr. A. P. Jithender Reddy regarding

High Court in Telangana; Mr. Md. Salim and

Mr. Md. Badaruddoza Khan regarding Vyapam

scam; Mr. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury regarding

assault on Indians residing in Indian Enclaves

in Bangladesh; and Mr. A. Arunmozhithevan

regarding wage settlement of NLC workers.

Mr. Ravneet Singh, Mr. Dharmendra Yadav,

Mr. Kotha Prabhakar Reddy and some other

members came and stood on the floor near

the Table.

Interruptions after introducing the Repealing

and Amending Bill, the two bills to amend the

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Disruptions

by Prem Singh Chandumajra when talking

about the riots in Gurdaspur. More posters

were raised, which was opposed by the

Speaker (she repeatedly says that it is not

allowed).

Disruptions for motion for suspension of Mr.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Speaker named him

for causing disruptions in the House but

disallowed the motion. Disruptions by Mr.

Venkaiah Naidu saying that such members

should not only be named but should withdraw

in case such motions are made against them.

Disruptions by Prof. Saugata Roy.

issues of terrorism were

the responsibility of the

centre, which he implied

it was not taking

seriously.

Disruptions were also

made when members

called up other members

for their disruptive

conduct and asked them

to allow the House of

function.

Disruptions occurred

when controversial issues

of national importance

were raised for discussion

(such as the farmer

suicides in Karnataka,

usage of funds allotted

for the welfare of people

residing in tribal areas).

6. 6

.

28.07.2015 None House adjourned on account of demise of Dr.

APJ Abdul Kalam.

None None


7. 7

.

30.07.2015 None House adjourned. None None

8. 8

.

31.07.2015 Terrorist attacks in

Gurdaspur were

discussed and a lengthy

statement was made by

the Home Minister.

Issues pertaining to the

Research and

Development of Tea

Estates in India were

tabled for discussion.

Safety and security

measures to ensure the

safety of women in the

country; usage of funds

allotted for the same

was discussed.

Amongst the topics

allowed to be raised was

the issue relating to the

CAG Report which threw

light on various scams in

the country, poor

situation of law and

order in Bihar.

Disruptions before Question Hour, Speaker

told members, including Mr. K. Venugopal,

Mr. N. K. Premachandran and Mr. Sankar

Prasad Datta to go back to their seats and

raise the issues during Zero Hour when they

stood on the floor near the Table.

Disruption by Mr. Gaurav Gogoi when

discussing the issues relating to the

Companies Act, especially with regard to the

employment of Women directors to Public

Sector Undertakings.

Disruptions when the issue of research and

funding in the Darjeeling Tea Estates was

raised and discussed, there were placards

shown and demands were made to adjourn

the House. These disruptions were by the

same members to repeatedly raise issues not

related to what was being discussed.

A supplementary question was allowed to be

raised by Mr. Rabindra Kumar Jena , wherein

the topic of women’s safety in general and the

Nirbhaya Fund in specific was raised. When

Ms. Maneka Gandhi was answering, Mr. Bhairo

Prasad and Mr. Sundaram interrupted to talk

about the specific issue of atrocities against

women in the State of Uttar Pradesh and

status of women’s safety in the State.


interruptions

Reasons for disruptions were

that members were not

allowed to speak on issues of

public concerns such

violations of the PMLA,

Constitution of a High Court

in Telangana, sexual assault

on a Dalit girl in Bihar and

abolition of death penalty.

As protest for not allowing

this adjournment motions,

there were repeated

disruptions during Question

Hour. (The Speaker however

did not allow the

Adjournment Motion).

Reasons for disruptions also

pertained to points of order.

Disruptions were also a result

of members (namely Mr.

Venkaiah Naidu) requesting

the Speaker to name

disrupting members during

the debate.


Disruptions when the issue of the terrorist

attack in Gurdaspur was being discussed by

Mr. Gaurav Gogoi and Mr. Mallikarjuna

Kharge. Mr. Kharge interrupted saying that

this issue was discussed at length without

appropriate notice being given which led to

further disruptions.

Disruptions when private members’ business

was taken up. Mr. Gaurav Gogoi and Mr.

Mallikarjuna Kharge said that this could not be

taken up because only some members’

resolutions would be taken up and some would

not be brought to attention. As a result, the

Speaker adjourned the House for the next

day.

9. 8

.

03.08.2015 There was discussion on

floods and farmer

suicides in Karnataka.

Discussion regarding

provision of basic

amenities such as clean

drinking water in

railways and laying of

railway lines throughout

the country.

Child labourers and the

schemes in place for

their rescue and

Disruption by Mr. Mallikarjuna Kharge, saying

that important topics were not allowed to be

raised and members came and stood near

table before Question Hour was started.

Disruptions by Mr. Gaurav Gogoi, Mr. Ninong

Iring, Mr. Venu Gopal, who were told to

discontinue the showing of placards.

Interruptions while talking on the issues of

child labour. Mr. Ram Chaudhary and Mr.

Bandaru Dattatreya interrupted to find out

the status of State Governments when it came

to removing child labour; rehabilitation of

children who were previously child labourers.

Mr. Gogoi and other leaders disrupted again

by showing placards.


interruptions

Disruptions before Question

Hour to raise issues which

were not listed for the day.


to draw attention to members

who were violating Rule 377

but had not resigned.

Disruptions were also due to

raising of controversial issues

such as farmer suicides in

Karnataka.


rehabilitation, specific

issues relating to the

state of Tamil Nadu in

this area were

discussed.

Discussion on the CBI

Inquiry about defective

Air India aircrafts.

Disruptions when discussing provision of

amenities at Railway Stations; showing of

placards by Mr. Gaurav Gogoi, Mr. Kodikunnil

Suresh, Mr. Ravneet Singh.

Extensive disruptions, approaching the

Speaker’s table when starting the discussion

on the urgent issue of farmer suicides; after

the completion of Question Hour. Very long

and detailed discussion on the Government’s

plans on the issue, the floods and disaster

management techniques adopted by the State

Government.

Constant disruptions when matters under Rule

377 were being taken up.

When the House resumed after lunch, certain

members approached the Speaker demanding

the names of the members who would be

suspended; some members engaged in

disruptions and approached the floor of the

House when members who were slated to be

suspended were named; the Opposition

demanded that these members should resign

from the House; placards were also shown.

Finally, the Speaker named the following

members who were suspended temporarily

(for five sittings) under Rule 374 A. [Mr.

Sarvashri B.N. Chandrappa, Mr. Santokh Singh

Chaudhary, Mr. Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury,

Ms. Sushmita Dev, Mr. R. Dhruvnarayan, Mr.

Ninong Ering, Mr. Gaurav Gogoi, Mr. Gutha

Sukhendra Reddy, Mr. Deepender Singh

Some disruptions at the end

of the proceedings were due

to Members of the Opposition

raising allegations against the

Government and expressing

discontent that the

Government was unwilling to

notice and respond to these

issues.

Disruptions were also made to

raise points of order.


Hooda, Mr. K. Suresh, Dr. Thokchom Meinya,

Mr. S. P. Muddahanume Gowda, Mr. Abhijit

Mukherjee, Mr. Mullappally Ramchandan, Mr.

K. H. Muniyappa, Mr. B. V. Naik, Mr. Vincent

Paula, Mr. M.K. Raghavan, Mr. Ranjeet

Ranjan, Mr. C. L. Ruala, Mr. Tamradhwaj

Sahu, Mr. Rajeev Satav, Mr. Ravneet Singh,

Mr. D. K. Suresh and Mr. K. C. Venugopal]

10. 9

.

04.08.2015 Financial issues

pertaining to Telangana

and the IT Department

were discussed.

Discussion on grant of

Special category status

to the State of Andhra

Pradesh and financial

assistance to be given to

the State by the Central

Government, as well as

Establishment of a


the State of Telangana.

Discussion on the setting

up of new freight

corridors in the country;

discussion on usage of

the additional budget

that had been granted to

the Railways.

Disruptions at the very beginning to raise

issues; the Speaker requested the members to

raise these issues during the Zero Hour. Ms.

Kavitha Kalvakuntla and some other Members

came and stood near the Table. They caused

disruptions before the beginning of Question

Hour as well as after commencement of

Question Hour.

Interruptions were made to ask questions

about the implementation of schemes when

issues relating to differently abled persons

were being discussed.

Interruptions when the issue of linking Aadhar

and PDS was discussed. These interruptions

were mainly to draw attention to issues of

corruption in the Aadhar scheme and PDS.

Placards were raised during Zero Hour,

widespread interruption to raise the issue of

giving special State status to the State of

Andhra Pradesh, issue of High Court of

Telangana.


interruptions

Disruptions were made by

various members during and

immediately after Question

Hour to raise issues (the

matter of the issues is not

clear from the instances of

disruptions).

Some of the disruptions

during Question Hour were to

raise issues relating to food

grains distribution, PDS

systems in the country,

immigrants in India and their

citizenship. These

interruptions were on the

issue of Indian Government

and the grant of Indian citizen

status.

Disruptions by some members

were made to raise

controversial issues such as


Discussion on the

background for

introducing the

Scheduled Castes and

Scheduled Tribes

(Prevention of

Atrocities) Bill.

Matters of urgent

national importance;

strike of workers of the

Neyveli Lignite

Corporation were also

raised and discussed.

Extensive discussion on the issue of railways,

excessive grants demanded by the Railways-

quality of services, new railways lines being

laid down in the country, revenue and

expenditure of the Railways. In furtherance of

this discussion, the Appropriation (Railways)

No. 3 Bill, 2015 was introduced and adopted

(with certain amendments).

Discussion on the Scheduled Castes and Tribes

(Prevention of Atrocities) Bill, 2014. This was

discussed in detail, with speeches being made

by various members. The members also made

speeches relating to social problems and

discrimination faced by members of

Scheduled Castes and Tribes, and the state

specific issues in relating to these atrocities.

There was a motion for taking the Bill for

consideration, which was adopted. After this,

the Bill was also passed along with certain

amendments. Certain members who were to

propose amendments to the Bill were not

present and therefore these amendments

were not debated.


Telangana and allegation of

corruptions in the Aadhar and

Public Distribution Schemes.


disrupted the proceedings

during matters of urgent

public importance to make a

motion for adjournment of

the House.

11. 1

0

.

05.08.2013 Discussion on Budget

Allocation to the

Railways

Allocation of revenue

with regard to the

Reorganisation of

Andhra Pradesh.

Interruptions even before Question Hour,

which commenced with a discussion on the

education systems and new schemes;

interruptions were raised to discuss the issues

of implementation and details of these

schemes. Interruptions led to asking of more

Supplementary questions by various members


interruptions


Hour by various members to

raise issues.


raise and discuss

controversial issues such as a



Separate High Court for

the State of Andhra

Pradesh and Telangana;

issues arising from the

Andhra Pradesh

(Reorganisation) Act,

2014 such as budgetary

allocations.

Discussion on Demands

for Supplementary

Grants 2015-16 and

Appropriation Bill, 2015.

Extensive discussion on

the Ministry of HRD’s

programmes on

development of

education in the

country, research and

development of the IITs.

Appropriation Bill was

discussed in detail,

Supplementary grants

for different sectors

such as Agriculture,

industrial training,

education was

discussed.

of the House. Some members walked out

before the commencement of Question Hour.

At the proceedings, the issue of a separate

High Court for the State of Telangana was

raised. The discussion was repeatedly

interrupted

Mr. Arun Jaitley made a speech relating to the

demand for Supplementary Grants to

different Sectors; along with some other

members who addressed this issue as well.

There was discussion on the demand for

supplementary grants, during the course of

which there were interruptions by certain

members to raise state-specific issues. In

furtherance of this, the Appropriation (No. 3)

Bill was taken into consideration (through a

motion proposed towards the same, which

was adopted). Certain clauses were added to

the Bill. There was then a motion for the

passing of the Bill, which was adopted by the

House.

The Delhi High Court (Amendment), 2015 was

discussed; background and reasons for

introducing the Bill was discussed in detail.

Mr. J.T. Natterjee, Mr. Jagdambika Pal, Mr.

Varaprasad Rao, Ms. Anupriya Patel, Mr.

Ramesh Bidhudi and Mr. Tathagath Sathpathy

made speeches relating to the background

and the contents of the Bill. The Minister of

Law and Justice, Mr. Sadananda Gowda made

Telangana (Interruptions to

point out that the Union

Government should intervene

and push for a separate High

Court for the benefit of the

State) and grievances that

the Government was not

addressing this issue with the

desired level of seriousness.

Some disruptions were with

regard to the reorganisation

of the State of Andhra

Pradesh.

Disruptions during Zero Hour

to draw attention to state

specific issues by members

from those particular states.

For instance, to raise issues

relating to the State of Tamil

Nadu (with regard to court

systems in the State when the

Delhi High Courts Bill was

being discussed).


concluding speech on the Bill, after which the

Bill was formally introduced, taken into

consideration and the motion that the Bill be

passed, was adopted.

At the end of the proceedings, the issue of

Sustainable Development Goals was raised

under Rule 193 by Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal

Nishank, during which there were no

interruptions and disruptions. As the

proceedings were going overtime (it was six

pm), he was asked to continue the next day.

12. 1

1

.

06.08.2015 Discussion on illegal sale

and trade of coal in the

country; need for the

Government to address

the issue.

Discussion on issue of

travel documents to Mr.

Lalit Modi and why this

should not have been

allowed.

Increased budgetary

allocation for opening of

new railways lines and

for new connecting

roads in national

highways.

Disruptions before Question Hour, Mr. P.

Karunakaran, Mr. N. K. Premachandran, Ms.

Supriya Sule and some other hon. Members

left the House.

Interruptions during Question Hour, largely

during the discussion on road safety.

Interruptions during the discussion of protest

by certain members of Youth Congress in front

of official residence of the Speaker on 5th

August, 2015.

Interruptions during Zero Hour, when the

issue of lack of medical facilities in the

Jhunjhunu district was brought up.

Relatively less interruptions during Zero Hour.

Mr. Prahlad Patel made some disruptions

casting allegations (but the content of these

allegations was not specified).


interruptions


Hour were made to give

notices for issues that the

members wanted to raise.

Some disruptions were also

matters desired to be raised

for which the members had

not even given notice.

Disruptions during Question

Hour to raise issues (the

substance of these issues is

not clear from the debate).

Disruptions were made during

the speeches of members who

were addressing the House to

raise issues.


Need for increase of FDI

in the agricultural

sector.

The disapproval of the Negotiable Instruments

(Amendment) Bill, 2015 was discussed, and a

motion was made to further amend the Bill-

disruptions when Mr. Rajesh Ranjan tried

bringing up the issue of atrocities committed

towards women. Interruptions when Mr.

Tathagata Sathpathy was listing out reasons

why the Bill should be adopted, and further

some members put forth their views on the

Bill. (Total 6 times there were interruptions

during the time that the bill was discussed).

Ultimately Bill was passed with the

amendments as proposed. There was

extensive discussion on the penalties and

other provisions in the Bill.

Disruptions by Mr. Sharad Tripathi after some

speeches were given related to the Negotiable

Instruments Bill. There were interruptions to

raise issues related to the Bill; the Speaker

said they could be raised when the Bill was

read for the third time.

The Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill,

2015 was taken into consideration- extensive

speeches on its pros and cons. Bill as amended

was passed.

The discussion on Sustainable Development

Goals under Rule 193 continued. Mr. Kulmani

Samal and Mr. Prahlad Singh Patel also spoke

on this.

There were some disruptions

and interruptions to raise

issues pertaining to the

provisions of the Bill when the

Negotiable Instruments

(Amendment) Bill, 2015 was

being discussed.


13. 1

2

.

07.08.2015 Demands for Grants

(2014-15), pertaining to

the Department of

Economic Affairs,

Financial Services,

Expenditure and

Disinvestment, Ministry

of Finance and the

Ministry of Corporate

Affairs respectively.

Status of

implementation of the

recommendations

contained in the 12th

Report of the Standing

Committee on Finance

on Demands for Grants

(2015-16), pertaining to

the Ministry of Planning.

Special Financial

Assistance to the State

of Andhra Pradesh.

A large number of bills

were introduced in this

Session which also

included some bills for

Constitutional

Disruptions before Question Hour for motion

for adjournment which were subsequently

rejected. Disruptions after papers were laid

on the Table. Some members also walked out

of the House.

Bureau of Indian Standards Bill adopted.

Motion for extension of time for presentation

of the Report of the Joint Committee on the

Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency

in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and

Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill was

adopted.

When the Zero Hour concluded, the Speaker

allowed further time to members who wanted

to raise issues which were not in the List of

Business of the day (the proposed List had

already been exhausted). Many members

raised issues of social and national

importance. Mr. Bhartruhari Mahtab, Ms.

Bijoya Chakravarthy, and Mr. Udhyakumar

also gave speeches.

Mr. Manoj Rajoria continued his speech on the

Compulsory Voting Bill, 2014. Mr. Ajay Mishra

Teni and Mr. Rajesh Ranjan also made

speeches on the features and issues related to

the Bill. The members who spoke on the Bill

did do after permission from the Speaker; only

one member (Mr. Ranjan) caused disruptions

in the course of the discussion.


interruptions

At the beginning of Question

Hour, the disruptions were

made to raise a point of order

relating to adjournment

motion.


draw attention to the

controversial issue of police

atrocities being committed in

Bihar. These interruptions

were because the original list

of issues for Zero Hour had

been exhausted and the

Speaker had allowed them to

continue raising issues, albeit

briefly. (By Mr. Rajesh

Ranjan).


by members of other political

parties (including the

Opposition) to express

grievances towards the

unfulfilled promises on the

Government relating to

various policies.


Amendments as well as

private members’ bills.

14. 1

3

.

10.08.2015 Discussion on reported

death of 11 devotees

due to stampede in

Deoghar, Jharkhand and

relief for the families of

the deceased.

Discussion on issue of

losses incurred by the

Railways in the years

2012-14, discrepancies

in the usage of funds and

allegations of misuse of

revenue.

“One rank, one pension”

issue related to the

pension paid to

employees of the Indian

Army was discussed.

Disruptions by Mr. Mallikarjuna Kharge; he

said he had given an adjournment motion

regarding the Lalitgate issue. Various

interruptions made before Question Hour

started regarding the above issue.

The Speaker told Mr. Kharge to put down the

placards. Further, there were extensive

interruptions even when the issue of railways

had finished being discussed and while papers

were being laid on the Table. Therefore, the

House was adjourned and then the

proceedings continued and further papers

were laid on the Table. The Speaker

reprimanded Mr. Kharge for disrupting the

House constantly.

During submissions by members, there were

interruptions when discussing deaths caused

by stampede in Deoghar, Jharkhand. After the

House reassembled for Zero Hour, there were

disruptions by Mr. K. C. Venugopal.

Interruptions during the discussion on the

issues of armed forces personnel and revision

of their pay scales, when discussing the issue

of illegal and online trading of medicinal

drugs, issues of road traffic congestion,

corruption in the MNREGA scheme.

When the final issue of sustainable

development goals was taken up by the


interruptions

Disruptions to raise specific

issues of national importance

(Mr. Lalit Modi and the

charges against him). This

was sought to be done by

raising a motion for

adjournment of the House to

discuss this issue.

The reasons for the constant

disruptions during Question

Hour are unclear.

Some disruptions were

relating to the issue of the

stampede in Deogarh, Bihar.

There were disruptions

relating to point of order

regarding suspension of

members under Rule 374A

and commenting on how the

House was not in order.


House, the Speaker adjourned the House

because Mr. Prahlad Singh Patel kept getting

interrupted and therefore the issue was listed

for the next day.

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11.08.2015 Discussion on the issue

of terrorist activities in

the Pakistan-India

Border.

Matters of Order relating

to conduct and raising of

issues in the House were

discussed.

Extensive disruptions (before Question Hour)

by various members for adjournment motions,

which were all rejected. Some members even

came and stood near the seat of the Speaker

but the Speaker refused to adjourn the House.

Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, Dr. M. Veerappa

Moily, Mr. K. C. Venugopal, Mr. Rajeev Satav,

Mr. P. V. Midhun Reddy, Dharmendra Yadav,

Mr. Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav, Md.

Badaruddoza Khan, Mr. N. K. Premachandran,

Mr. M. B. Rajesh and Dr. A. Sampath on

different subjects. The constant disruptions

before Question Hour were by Mr. K. C.

Venugopal and other members who came and

stood near the Table.

Disruptions after motions were adopted for

extension of time for submission of report of

the Joint Committee on the Right To Fair

Compensation and Transparency in Land

Acquisition, Rehabilitation And Resettlement

(Amendment) Second Bill, 2015. Mr. Jai

Prakash Narayan Yadav and Mr. Dharmendra

Yadav disrupted proceedings by approaching

the table.

There were disruptions when matters under

Rule 377 were taken up. Disruptions occurred

because members wanted to bring up a point


interruptions

The reason for these

disruptions was request for

adjournment motions before

Question Hour.

Disruptions were made

relating to points of order

(under Rule 375).

The reasons for some

disruptions by Mr.

Mallikarjuna Kharge was to

express distaste at the

existence of Whips, saying

that the issues that were

raised by the Whip were to

dilute the motion raised by

Members of the Opposition.

The proceedings were

disrupted by Members of the

Opposition stating that they

were not being allowed to

raise issues with the

Government; and that the

chaotic state of affairs was

created to avoid


of order (and matters relating to IPL, BPL).

Mr. Tariq Anwar also interjected to point out

that the House was not in Order and therefore

matters could not be taken up. Therefore,

Speaker had to adjourn the House for some

time.

There were constant disruptions when

matters under Rule 193 were also sought to be

taken up. Ultimately, the disruptions relating

to points of order got so frequent that the

Speaker had to adjourn the House.

confrontation on these issues

of national importance.

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12.08.2015 Reported involvement

and admission of a Union

Minister in assisting a

fugitive and stand taken

by Government (Laligate

and Modigate Issues

brought up and

debated). There was an

adjournment motion

moved for this which

was taken up for

discussion by the

Speaker.

Development in INSAT

and satellite

technologies for

weather forecasts,

communications,

satellite imagery, etc.

Disruptions at the commencement of the

proceedings when notices for adjournment

motion received from some members (Mr. Mr.

Mallikarjuna Kharge, Mr. K. C. Venugopal, Mr.

Rajeev Satav, Dr. Thokchom Meinya, Mr. D. K.

Suresh, Mr. R. Dhruvanarayana, Mr. Gaurav

Gogoi) which was followed by a lot of

interruptions when the Speaker did not allow

the same. At the beginning of Question Hour,

Mr. K. C. Venugopal, Mr. Antony and some

other hon. Members came and stood on the

floor near the Table.

Interruptions by Mr. Kharge saying that the PM

should be called if a discussion was to take

place. (While Ms. Sushma Swaraj was

speaking). Interruption by Mr. Jyotiraditya

Scindia who made a plea for the suspension of

the Question Hour in order to discuss these

issues.


interruptions

Disruptions were mainly

because the members wanted

certain issues to be taken up

by the Government, which

the Speaker said will only be

allowed after Question Hour

(the members wanted

suspension of Question Hour).

Disruptions on the issue of

motion for adjournment

(which was taken up and

subsequently discussed in the

House).

Disruptions by Members of the

Opposition raising questions

to the Members of the


Issues relating to

education such as

admission of children to

Government schools.

Discussion on Report of

the Standing Committee

on Information

Technology on ‘Issues

related to Paid News’.

Disruptions to raise issues of concern when

Modigate and Lalitgate were being discussed.

House was briefly adjourned and Papers were

allowed to be laid on the Table. After this, Mr.

Mallikarjuna Kharge was allowed to speak;

and he discussed in detail the issue of Mr. Lalit

Modi and the help given to him by Ms. Sushma

Swaraj and the problems associated with the

same. (He was given an opportunity to speak

later).

Towards the end of the discussion, some

members came and stood near the Table of

the Speaker causing disruptions in the House.

(Mr. A. Sampath, Mr. Mallikarjuna Kharge).

After some questions by Mr. Rahul Gandhi and

allegations of malpractices on Ms. Swaraj,

there were disruptions and certain members

left the House.

Cabinet and asking them to

answer.

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13.08.2015 Discussion on bio-energy

related issues and

schemes to promote use

of Bio-energy in the

States, especially Solar

Energy.

Construction of national

highways and issues

relating to the "Bharat-

Mala" project, a new

proposed network of

national highways in the

Mr. Shivkumar Udasi (Member) while asking

questions to Hon'ble Mr. Piyush Goyal, about

the performance of bio-gas stoves and solar

power programmes in States like

Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh

(project by IIT Delhi) was interrupted by Mr.

Ravneet Singh. While Mr. Goyal was answering

as well, Mr. Ravneet Singh made disruptions.

Interruption by Member, Mr. Alok Sanjar

about the performance of Madhya Pradesh in

this area (At this point, Speaker interjected


interruptions

Disruptions during Question

Hour to raise issues of

concern, especially state-

specific issues. (Mr. Sharad

Tripathi interrupted the

speech of another member

about the lack of

implementation of these

measures and scheme in the

State of Uttar Pradesh. This

disruption seemed

aggressive, because the

Speaker reacted negatively

and said that if required, the


border areas of the

country.

Discussion on

maintenance of data-

bank on land use around

river systems.

Bill introduced to amend

the High Court Judges

(Salaries and Conditions

of Service) Act, 1954 and

the Supreme Court

Judges (Salaries and

Conditions of Service)

Act, 1958. Indian Trusts

(Amendment) Bill

introduced.

Discussion on need to set

up fast-track courts for

speedy disposal of cases.

and said that State related issues are not

allowed to be raised here)

Interruption by Mr. C. Gopalakrishnan asking

Mr. Goyal whether there were any special

schemes for hilly regions. There were some

interruptions before Mr. Harish Dwivedi was

asked questions regarding Railways related

issues.

Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank interrupted to

inquire about the state of highways in

Uttarakhand. Then he spoke of the misuse of

the Land Acquisition Act in the State. At this

point, Mr. Mallikarjuna Kharge said that they

will walk out in protest (he left with Mrs.

Sonia Gandhi)

Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav said he would walk

out in protest and did so with Mr. Jaiprakash

Narayan Yadav and some other members.

(Congress Government was in power in the

State of Uttarakhand and possibly took

offence to this criticism).

House would be adjourned

and the interrupting member

could come to her House.


reactions by members on

being questioned excessively

on issues.

Some interruptions were

made by members interested

in the issues to contribute to

the debate. (Example-

budgetary allocations and the

national highways schemes).

The reasons for the walk-outs

by Mr. Mallikarjuna Kharge,

Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav, and

Mr. Jai Prakash Narayan

Yadav are not clear from the

debate.

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