Rajya Sabha adjourned for 3rd day in a row amid protest
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Mar 07, 2018, 10:39 PM
New Delhi, March 07: The Rajya Sabha was on Wednesday adjourned for the day amid ruckus without transacting any business for the third day in a row.
Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien adjourned the House for the day, minutes after it met at 2 p.m. as the agitating opposition, TDP and AIADMK members gathered near the Chair's podium, shouting slogans and flaunting placards.
The opposition has been demanding the extradition of diamantaire Nirav Modi who is at the centre of an over Rs 12,600 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has been demanding special financial assistance for Andhra Pradesh, while the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) members have been agitating over the Cauvery water dispute and demanding setting up of a Cauvery water management board.