Both houses adjourned till 20th March amid ruckus

Both the houses of Parliament were adjourned till Monday, 20 March 2023, as the ruckus continued to rock the proceedings for the fifth consecutive day today, 17 March.

The ruling BJP is demanding an apology from Rahul Gandhi on the remarks he made in London. Meanwhile, the opposition members are demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Adani-Hindenburg issues.

The second-half of the Budget session resumed from Monday (13 March) after a month long recess. It will continue till the 6th April 2023.

While addressing a lecture at Cambridge University in London, Rahul Gandhi said, "Everybody knows and it's been in the news a lot that Indian democracy is under pressure and under attack. I am an Opposition leader in India, we are navigating that (Opposition) space. The institutional framework which is required for a democracy Parliament, free press, the judiciary, just the idea of mobilisation, moving around all are getting constrained. So, we are facing an attack on the basic structure of Indian democracy."

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