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Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day on Tuesday without transacting any business, over disruptions from Opposition members. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which is demanding special category status for Andhra Pradesh, raised slogans in the House. In this picture, TDP MPs protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue outside Parliament. While the Centre said it was ready for a discussion on any subject, including the no-confidence motion, TDP, which recently quit NDA, alleged that the government orchestrated the “drama in the House”. Notices for no-confidence motion were not taken up in Lok Sabha today. (Source: Express Photo by Praveen Jain)
Trinamool Congress MPs as well staged protests outside Parliament. (Express Photo/Praveen Jain)
Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan arrives in Parliament. Amid sloganeering by TRS and AIADMK MPs in the House, Mahajan said, "The country has never seen such a sorry state, this is not proper. You are insensitive for your own people," she is quoted as saying by ANI.(Express Photo by Praveen Jain)
AIADMK MPs protesting outside Parliament today. Holding placards that said “Constitute Cauvery Management Board”, they are demanding the government set up a water management board. (Express Photo by Praveen Jain)
Senior Congress leaders Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad with Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia and other Opposition leaders outside Parliament. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day after parties from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh disrupted proceedings over their state specific demands. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah arrives for Tuesday's Parliament session. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju entering Parliament building. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
Addressing Parliament today, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said the 39 missing Indians in Iraq have been killed. They were abducted by Islamic State militants in June 2014 (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
Swaraj leaving Parliament on Tuesday. After addressing Rajya Sabha, she tried to give a statement in Lok Sabha on the 39 Indians in Iraq, but was interrupted by disruptions from members. (Express Photo by Anil Sharma)
BJP President Amit Shah. (Express photo/File)
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumita Mahajan adjourned House for the day. "The country has never seen such a sorry state, this is not proper. You are insensitive for your own people," she said. "House is not in order and so no-confidence motion cannot be moved." (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi outside Parliament on Tuesday. (Express photo by Renuka Puri)
(Express photo by Renuka Puri)
(Express photo by Renuka Puri)
