New Delhi: Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Monday following demands for suspension of business and discussion on the Adani issue. After that, Opposition MPs said that Narendra Modi's BJP-led government did not want a public debate on the Adani, PTI reported.
Multiple parties had given adjournment notices on Monday and demanded a discussion with Adani, who got indicted by the United States over bribery and fraud allegations.
The Chair in both Houses of Parliament refused permission for the debate and adjourned proceedings for the day.
"Yesterday, at the all-party meeting, the whole of the opposition proposed to take up a discussion on the bribe allegations against the Adani group. The charge is on Adani, but the BJP is feeling the pain," Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari said.
"Most parties had given notices to discuss the issue, but the leader of the opposition objected that such an important issue was not being taken up. As a result, the House was adjourned till Wednesday," the Congress MP said.
"I do not understand, instead of adjourning the House, they could have discussed it. It shows that the government does not want to allow any public debate on the Adani issue. We are not raising this issue, the issue has been raised by the Department of Justice (US). It shows there is something wrong," he told PTI.
"It is the government's responsibility to ensure that the House runs. A warrant has been issued to the Adani group. Is it wrong to demand a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) on the issue? We are not making any allegation, but is it wrong to take up a debate on the issue," Rajya Sabha MP of the Congress, Ranjeet Ranjan, asked.
Lok Sabha MP from the Congress KC Venugopal said, "They are very much scared of discussing the Adani issue. They are not even ready to hear one word from the opposition on the issue." "Within a second, they adjourned the House. They are scared of this issue being raised," he said, adding that the opposition will continue its agitation.
Congress MP Shahi Tharoor said both sides need to cooperate to ensure that the House functions.
"All opposition parties wanted to debate the issue, but the government was not ready. It should be discussed in the Business Advisory Committee. The point is everyone should be taken along to make Parliament function, all important issues should be discussed," the Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram said.