Raj assembly adjourned twice during pre-lunch session

The Rajasthan assembly was adjourned twice Thursday during the pre-lunch session amid the Opposition's uproar over alleged shelving of over 4000 of their questions on public interest and the misuse of state machinery for Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's 'gaurav yatra'.

The House was first adjourned during Question Hour for 45 minutes after the Opposition trooped into the well, alleging that important questions on various public issues were not being taken up by the House for ministers to answer them.

As the Opposition refused to heed to Speaker Kailash Meghwal's pleas to go back to their seats, the House was adjourned.

Speaking to reporters later outside the House, Congress deputy whip Govind Singh Dotasara alleged at least 4,000 questions sought to be raised by various opposition members were never taken up by the House and dropped.

"It has happened for the first time in the history," Dotasara said, adding "the Voice of democracy is being trampled."