After the lawyers' demand for exemption, it was the turn of parliamentarians to seek exemption from the odd-even rule to ply passenger vehicles imposed by the Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Delhi.
While Samajwadi Party's Naresh Agarwal complained that a Standing Committee meeting of MPs had got delayed last week because some participants were stranded at the airport, leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad complained MPs were being greatly inconvenienced.
Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma demanded exemption from the rule for MPs while Parliament was in session. It is quite another matter that special Delhi Transport Corporation buses that had been pressed into service for the MPs on Monday found few takers.
While Samajwadi Party's Naresh Agarwal complained that a Standing Committee meeting of MPs had got delayed last week because some participants were stranded at the airport, leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad complained MPs were being greatly inconvenienced.
Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma demanded exemption from the rule for MPs while Parliament was in session. It is quite another matter that special Delhi Transport Corporation buses that had been pressed into service for the MPs on Monday found few takers.
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