Rahul remark row: Parl adjourns again; Central govt seeks apology

For a second straight day, both Houses of Parliament adjourned early amidst a ruckus over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks in London.The BJP government sought Mr Gandhi's apology over his comments again, while the Opposition parties objected to the demand.

The two sides indulged in slogan-shouting against the other.In the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla tried to take up the Question Hour and offered to give time to members to raise their issues. He had to repeatedly tell members not to show placards. The House sat for just a few minutes in the morning and again after an adjournment in the afternoon.

In the Rajya Sabha, after tributes to film makers who won the Oscar awards, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar rejected notices received from several members. He said the members wanted discussion on the Government's failure to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe charges of fraud, corruption and financial mismanagement against the Adani Group of companies.

Some other members wanted discussion on post-poll violence in Tripura.