New Delhi: Amid ruckus over demanding discussion on Adani group scam, both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned till 11 am tomorrow, on Thursday. Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha resumed at 2 pm after it was adjourned earlier in the day.
Congress chief Mallikarjuna Kharge had moved adjournment motion to discuss the issue of Adani scam in the House as the session resumed for the Budget Session. Opposition also wanted to scrutinise the debt exposure of the Public Sector Banks to the Adani group.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Anurag Thakur, Nirmala Sitharaman, Pralhad Joshi, Piyush Goyal, Nitin Gadkari, and Kiren Rijiju to discuss government's strategy in the Parliament during the Budget Session 2023.
On Wednesday, Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023 in the Lok Sabha following the customary Presidential address to the joint-sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Other Congress members too have adjournment notices in the Lok Sabha to discuss the Adani Group issue and Chinese transgressions along the border. Tagore, the party's whip in Lok Sabha, said there is an emergency situation due to diminishing shares of the Adani group.
"This was followed by the Hindenburg report. A significant volume of public money through SBI and LIC is locked in the Adani Group. It is pertinent to discuss the matter immediately in the House, leaving aside routine business. The finance minister should disclose the actual condition of the loss and steps initiated by the government to save public money," MP Manickam Tagore in his notice. The House should come forward to discuss this matter and direct the government to act accordingly, he said.
