LS high drama: SP man snatches quota bill, forces House to close
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Last Updated: Wed, Dec 19, 2012 17:35 hrs
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha has been adjourned for the day on Monday after Samajwadi Party (SP) MP snatched the Quota Bill from the hands of Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy.
There was high drama inside the Lok Sabha on Wednesday as Sonia Gandhi tried to grab the Quota Bill back from Samajwadi Party MP Yashvir Singh, who had earlier snatched it from Narayanasamy...
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Samajwadi Party member snatches quota bill from Narayanasamy in Lok Sabha
TNN | Dec 19, 2012, 03.45 PM IST
NEW DELHI: There was major drama in Parliament on Wednesday when Samajawadi Party (SP) leader Yashvir Singh snatched the bill on quotas in promotions from minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy while he was reading it in the Lok Sabha.
The House was adjourned for the day after a minor scuffle broke out between Congress and SP members. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi tried to retrieve quota bill from Yashvir Singh, who passed it onto another member Neeraj Shekhar.
The sudden action of member from Nagina Yashvir Singh came when Minister of State for Personnel Narayanasamy was moving the bill for consideration from the second row and Sonia Gandhi, who is also the UPA chairperson, was occupying her usual front seat.
Singh had, meanwhile, passed on the bill to his party colleague Neeraj Shekhar which fell down.
Shocked by Singh's action, which caused commotion in the House, some Congress members led by Gandhi immediately came to the Well to stop Singh, which created a near scuffle like situation. The Congress members included K Bapiraju and Vilas Muttemwar.
This was because the SP members were already in the Well in strength vociferously protesting against taking up the measure. The situation led to a verbal spat between the Congress and SP members. Speaker Meira Kumar was so shocked by the incident that she abruptly adjourned the House for the day.
Earlier, the SC/ST Quota in Promotion Bill was tabled in the House. The Bill has already been passed in the Rajya Sabha despite strong opposition from the Samajwadi Party.
(Inputs from PTI and IANS)
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December 19, 2012 5:50 PM
Case of the missing constitutional amendment bill in Lok Sabha. Sonia fails to get bill back from SP MP
Samajwadi Party MP snatches quota bill, Sonia fails to get it back
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17:06 Tug-of-war over SC/ST bill sad day for democracy: Govt: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday termed as extremely unfortunate the snatching of the quota for promotions bill inside the Lok Sabha by a Samajwadi Party MP, saying it is a sad day for parliamentary democracy and the incident should be condemned in the strongest possible words.
"Today is a very unfortunate day for parliamentary democracy. And the incident, which has taken place, is deplorable in the strongest possible words. Parliamentary democracy means that you in a discussion or debate oppose something you do not want, vote against it," Nath told mediapersons outside the Parliament today.
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