Farmers' issues, Adani row continue to rock Parliament

The Opposition Congress and some other INDIA bloc members on Wednesday protested against the government over farmers' issue and the Adani indictment matter, hampering proceedings in Parliament, which has already seen its first week of the ongoing winter session washed out.

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In the Rajya Sabha, members of the Congress and some other Opposition parties staged a walkout in protest against the government's alleged "anti-farmer policies" and for not fulfilling the promise of increasing the minimum support price (MSP) for various crops.

Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar disallowed motions seeking setting aside of the business of the day to discuss the farmers' issue, saying the "interest of farmers is not served by sloganeering and (shedding) crocodile tears".

"You are only politicising it. You don't want a solution. Kisan (farmers) is your last priority," he told the Opposition members, who resorted to sloganeering.

Initially, he did not allow the opposition MPs to raise the issue, but later permitted Congress leader Pramod Tiwari to make a brief mention. After Tiwari said the government has not kept its promise of raising MSP leading to fresh agitation by the farmers, Dhankhar did not allow others to speak on the matter.

Soon after, Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP), besides some members of the RJD, staged a walkout.