Both houses of the parliament were adjourned for the second day on Friday as the opposition continued to demand a joint parliamentary committee probe into the fraud-allegation-triggered rout in Adani Group company stocks.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned until 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., respectively, on Friday.
Soon after the House met for the day, opposition members were on their feet shouting slogans and demanding a probe into the tanking of the Adani Group stocks and a probe into the business practises of the corporate giant.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla appealed to members to participate in the discussions during the question hour, which he termed "significant."
He said he was ready to give the opposition enough time to raise their issues if they gave proper notice.
However, an unrelenting opposition continued their protests and sloganeering, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the proceedings till 2 p.m.
In the Rajya Sabha, soon after the house met for the day, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar rejected the 15 adjournment notices filed by members of various opposition parties to discuss the Adani Group issue.
"I have received 15 notices under Rule 267 from different members...I have gone through all the notices. I am unable to accede to them as these are not fulfilling the requirements of rule 267," Dhankar said, leading to uproar from opposition members.
He then adjourned the house till 2.30 p.m. as opposition members continued to cause uproar.
(With PTI inputs)
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