NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha proceedings had been adjourned until 2 pm on Monday amid uproar over corruption allegations in Maharashtra.
As quickly because the Query Hour started, treasury bench members raised the Maharashtra challenge with Deputy Chairman Harivansh, who was within the Chair, asking them to permit the proceedings.
Amid the din, he requested members to ask supplementaries.
Nevertheless, as quickly as Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi answered supplementaries, the Chair Requested Chaya Verma (Cong) to proceed to the subsequent query.
Nevertheless, Info and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar raised the Maharashtra challenge referring to the alleged corruption within the state.
The chair then adjourned the Home until 2 pm amid the uproar.
The protests had been in reference to former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh’s declare that Maharashtra Dwelling Minister Anil Deshmukh needed law enforcement officials to gather Rs 100 crore month-to-month from bars and lodges in Mumbai.
Singh, who was transferred to the low-key Dwelling Guards on March 17 following the arrest of police officer Sachin Waze within the case associated to the bomb scare close to Mukesh Ambani’s home Antilia, in a letter to the Maharashtra chief minister had claimed that he was made a scapegoat.
Within the eight-page letter, Singh had alleged that Deshmukh used to name law enforcement officials to his official residence and provides them a “assortment goal” from bars, eating places and different institutions.
The Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Workplace, in a launch on Saturday, stated Singh’s “unsigned letter” was not despatched from his official electronic mail ID and efforts had been on to contact him to confirm it.
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