Parliament adjourns after TMC MPs create ruckus

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned on Wednesday after Trinamool Congress MPs staged protests over a demand for action against BJP MPs for their alleged misbehaviour inside the Lok Sabha on Tuesday afternoon.

They also protested against the railway budget proposals presented by Railways Minister Sadanand Gowda for the year 2014-15.

As soon the Lok Sabha met for the day, Trinamool MPs gathered in the Well of the House and stalled proceedings by shouting slogans.

Amidst the chaos, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House till noon.

Similar scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha.

Trinamool Congress MPs earlier protested outside the Parliament against alleged attack on them by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers during the budget speech.

TMC MPs like Kalyan Banerjee, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Shatabdi Roy, Derek O'Brien and others were seen raising slogans against the alleged attack on them along with placards denouncing the railway budget and fare hikes.

The BJP on the other hand denied TMC charges and termed it mere drama, instead charged the TMC MPs shouting slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders.

Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda had presented his maiden Railway Budget on Tuesday, where he introduced a slew of reform measures to modernise Indian Railways.