House disrupted as Oppn gets aggressive

BJP members entered the well of the Lok Sabha shouting slogans against the PM and the UPA,refusing to let the house function. At one point,Speaker Meira Kumar lost her temper at MPs. Kumar said they could shout as much as they can,but she would not budge.

There seemed to be a virtual free-for-all as Left members also trooped into the well protesting the sharp hike in fuel prices and demanding a rollback. Samajwadi Party members raised the issue of backward communities being left out from the list of Scheduled Castes in Uttar Pradesh.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath and Law Minister Kapil Sibal tried to appeal to senior leaders including Mulayam and Rajnath Singh and when the pandemonium failed to subside,Speaker Kumar adjourned the house.

Earlier,on the issue of disputed Cauvery waters,Karnataka MPs took on AIADMK members from Tamil Nadu.