AAP's Sanjay Singh invaded the Well of the House while raising slogans as Dhankhar was reading the notice.
Digital Desk: Minutes after the House convened for the day on Wednesday, the Rajya Sabha's proceedings were postponed until 2 p.m. as opposition Members chanted for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) investigation into fraud charges against the Adani Group.
Leader of the opposition Mallikarjun Kharge took the floor as the House convened for the day to address a few points. Several opposition party lawmakers backed him.
To wait till the mentioned papers were placed on the House's table, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar instructed them to.
While shouting from many opposition MPs, the mentioned papers were placed on the table. "Modi-Adani Bhai Bhai, Desh Bech Kar Khayein Malai" and "We demand JPC" were among the slogans they chanted.
The Chairman announced that he had received a notice from Kharge under Rule 267 of the Rajya Sabha requesting the suspension of the day's scheduled activity, which led the sloganeering to increase in intensity.
AAP's Sanjay Singh invaded the Well of the House while raising slogans as Dhankhar was reading the notice. Members of Congress joined him.
Several Congress members wore black as a symbol of protest.
Singh was informed by Dhankhar that he would be named.
The Chairman adjourned the proceedings and postponed them till 2 PM.
Earlier, the Rajya Sabha wished Sekhar Ray (TMC) and R Dharmar (AIADMK) a happy birthday.
Stocks of the Gautam Adani-led company saw a decline on the exchanges when activist short-seller Hindenburg Research, located in the US, presented a long list of accusations against it in a report published in January, including charges of share price manipulation and fraudulent transactions. The charges have been rejected as false by the Adani Group.
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