It was total chaos in Parliament over Anna Hazare's arrest when it reconvened on Tuesday. Opposition members were very annoyed with the government. The BJP sought the suspension of Question Hour in Rajya Sabha to discuss the Anna issue. Party spokesperson Prakash Javdekar served a notice in Rajya Sabha and Sushma Swaraj moved the notice in Lok Sabha. And in Rajya Sabha, "The government is adamant that they will not allow the House to run," said BJP leader Arun Jaitley.
Calling Team Anna's arrest an emergency like situation, the BJP demanded that the prime minister must answer on the crackdown. "This is murder of democracy by the government within the House and outside the House," said Jaitley. Anna detention throws Parliament out of gear.
The government objected to the demand throwing the Lok Sabha into turmoil, while the Rajya Sabha witnessed ruling party members opposing permission by the Chair to Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley to raise the matter. When the Lok Sabha met for the day, Speaker Meira Kumar informed the House that suspension of Question Hour notices had been given by Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj, CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta and JD(U) member Sharad Yadav among others.
They wanted an immediate debate on the detention of Hazare and on the larger issue of corruption. The Lok Sabha Speaker disallowed the notices for adjournment motion given by Yogi Adityanath (BJP) and Shailendra Kumar (SP) on Hazare and some issues related to Uttar Pradesh.
She said there was no provision for suspension of Question Hour in Lok Sabha but asked the members making this demand to "briefly touch upon the subject". However, when Swaraj rose to speak, Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal intervened and said, "My submission is that the government is prepared for a discussion at 12 (noon). They make their point and then the House is disrupted..." He insisted that if Swaraj is allowed to speak, the Home Minister should also be allowed to make a statement.
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