• A dispute about price increases and the GST caused the Rajya Sabha to adjourn for today.

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    A dispute about price increases and the GST caused the Rajya Sabha to adjourn for today.




     Digital Desk: Rajya
    Sabha proceedings on the opening day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament were
    suspended for the day on Monday as a result of disruption by Congress MPs on
    issues like price increases and the GST. Several freshly elected Upper House
    members took the oath of office earlier.



    While Chairman M.
    Venkaiah Naidu was observing something, a number of Congressmen approached the
    House Well and began shouting.



     



    Naidu halted the
    proceedings, saying, "As certain persons have come determined not to allow
    the House to function and also enable members to go and vote in the
    Presidential election, I am adjourning the House for the day."




    The Rajya Sabha
    also paid tribute to former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, former UAE President
    Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
    Abe.



     



    Funeral expenses
    were also paid for previous members Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Kishore Kumar
    Mohanty, Robert Kharshiing, and K. K. Veerappan.



     



    The Lok Sabha's session opened with obituary tributes and the
    swearing-in of new members before being postponed until two o'clock in the
    afternoon to allow for voting in the presidential election.



     



    Three MPs, including Shatrughan Sinha of the Trinamool Congress
    and renowned Bollywood actor in the Monsoon session of Parliament, took the
    oath to serve in the Lok Sabha as the House convened for the first time.



     



    Then, Speaker Om Birla read out obituary references for eight
    former members and three recent deceased foreign leaders, including Abe.