A relentless opposition Friday disrupted the proceedings of the Lok Sabha for the second consecutive day demanding that they be allowed to move an adjournment motion on the demonetisation issue. While Speaker Sumitra Mahajan rejected several notices moved by opposition leaders for an adjournment motion on the issue, the government said it was ready for a debate under a rule which does not entail voting and where no formal motion can be moved.
As soon as the House met for the day, Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge demanded that the issue of scrapping of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denomination notes be discussed through an adjournment motion and not the rule being proposed by the government.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said the government was willing to discuss the issue and there was no need to press for an adjournment motion.
As the din continued, the House was adjourned for nearly one hour till noon, minutes after it assembled.
When the House assembled again for Zero Hour, the opposition again pressed for moving an adjournment motion. But the Speaker rejected all the notices. Both Kharge and TMC leader Sudip Bandopadhyay insisted that the debate be taken up through an adjournment motion.
