NEET uproar mars House business, LS adjourned

The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were adjourned for the day on Friday as the Opposition INDIA bloc demanded a discussion on the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the medical entrance exam NEET.

- ARCHIS MOHAN

The Rajya Sabha took up the discussion after adjournments in the morning session, during which the Leader of Opposition (LOP) Mallikarjun Kharge entered the Well of the House along with other members of the INDIA bloc.

Congress MP, Phulo Devi Netam, collapsed during the protest and was hospitalised.

Before the House was adjourned until 2 pm, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar expressed anguish over Kharge's entry into the Well, saying it is for the first time that a person occupying this post has engaged in such conduct. He said the history of Parliament "will be remembered as stained when the LoP was in the Well of the House." The Opposition demanded that the House be adjourned for the day after Netam took ill, but the chair denied it, and the House continued discussing the President's address.