DAY 3 OF WINTER SESSION A WASHOUT

Proceedings in Parliament were on Thursday washed out for the third day since the beginning of the Winter Session following disruptions by the opposition over the Adani issue and violence in Manipur and Sambhal.

Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned within minutes of convening.

The Houses were first adjourned shortly after they met on Thursday and were later adjourned for the day soon after reconvening at 12 noon amid the opposition parties' protests.

Before being adjourned, the Lok Sabha adopted a resolution granting extension to the Joint Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill till the last day of the Budget Session next year.

The Lok Sabha witnessed disruptions during Question Hour, shortly after Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Ravindra Chavan took oath as members of the Lower House.

Opposition members gathered in the Well, raising slogans for action against the perpetrators of the violence in Sambhal during a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju flayed the protests, saying, "I condemn the attempts by the Congress and its allies in disrupting the House proceedings."