LIVE Day 5: Lok Sabha adjourned till afternoon

The Lok Sabha adjourned proceedings till 2 p.m. on Tuesday as Opposition protests continued during the consideration of motions for elections to parliamentary committees. Despite attempts to continue business, repeated disruptions forced the House to halt proceedings.

Meanwhile, in the Rajya Sabha, Leader of the House J.P. Nadda criticised the Opposition’s approach, calling its methodology disruptive. He said the government would present complete and detailed information on the India–U.S. trade deal later in the day. Nadda assured the House that the government would place all relevant facts on record.

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BJP accuses Opposition of misusing Lok Sabha rules, Congress hits back

The Congress demanded that the Modi government take Parliament into confidence on international trade negotiations. The party insisted that the full texts of both the European Union and United States trade deals be tabled in both Houses and debated thoroughly. Opposition leaders argued that Parliament must scrutinise agreements with major economic and strategic implications.

Earlier in the day, the Lok Sabha adjourned till noon within minutes of convening amid loud protests. The uproar followed an incident on Monday when Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was stopped from responding to allegations made by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya. Gandhi had attempted to counter the charges by quoting from an unpublished memoir of former Army chief M.M. Naravane.

Rahul Gandhi–Naravane memoir row fuels fresh confrontation in Lok Sabha

The issue escalated into a major political confrontation on February 2, when Rahul Gandhi sought to reference Naravane’s unpublished memoir to criticise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh over the 2020 India–China border standoff. BJP leaders strongly objected, accusing Gandhi of misleading Parliament and undermining the armed forces.

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