Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 PM after opposition uproar over govt's demand for Rahul Gandhi's apology

It is an insult to Parliament, Goyal claimed.Amid the continued uproar by opposition members, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar adjourned the House till 2 pm.

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday after opposition members caused uproar over the government's demand for an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his democracy remarks.

Leader of the House and Union Minister Piyush Goyal, without naming Gandhi, alleged that he had insulted the Parliament and constitutional institutions and said he should tender an apology.

This resulted in protests by opposition members, led by the Congress, who raised slogans against the government.

''Yesterday (Monday), we had raised a very important issue and the manner in which India was insulted and its institutions, including the Parliament, were insulted. ''Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are part of the Parliament, which have been insulted. I feel this is the first time that the entire Parliament was insulted,'' Goyal told the House amid the uproar by opposition members.

He said ''unnecessary and uncalled for'' remarks were made by an MP on foreign soil against the Parliament, which includes the President of India.

''Constitutional provisions say that we all should condemn such a behaviour and the person concerned should apologise,'' Goyal said.

He also claimed that never have microphones in Parliament been switched off, as alleged by the opposition MP in London.

''The entire world is watching how India will respond to this serious issue. It is an insult to Parliament,'' Goyal claimed.

Amid the continued uproar by opposition members, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar adjourned the House till 2 pm. Earlier, Dhankhar rejected notices from several opposition members for discussion on the Adani issue and other matters, including the post-poll violence in Tripura.

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