The Rajya Sabha was Thursday adjourned for 15 minutes after JD-U and SP members vociferously raised the issue of jailed Gujarat police official D.G. Vanzara's letter against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
As soon as the house met at 11 a.m., Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Samajwadi Party (SP) members raised the issue.
Unable to take up the scheduled business in the face of opposition protests, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien announced that the house be adjourned for 15 minutes.
Indian Police Services (IPS) officer D.G. Vanzara, charged and incarcerated in three staged gun battle cases, tendered his resignation Tuesday accusing the Gujarat chief minister of betraying him.
Vanzara wrote a stinging letter accusing Modi and former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah of approving the killings of alleged terrorists in staged gun battles.
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