Rajya Sabha witnessed two adjournments during Question Hour, while Lok Sabha saw one adjournment in Zero Hour.
In Lower House, the issue was raised by AIADMK leader M Thambidurai who attacked the government for "not yet condemning" the article and to "make its stand clear" on the issue at a time when Tamil Nadu people were agitating over it.
While Jayalalithaa, who is also AIADMK supremo, has written several letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issues of harassment of Tamil fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy and Kachchatheevu island, the same had been referred in the "derogatory" article as "love letters", Thambidurai said.
In the Rajya Sabha, AIADMK members also came into the Well shouting slogans, which made Chairman Hamid Ansari to observe that their behaviour was unbecoming of Members of Parliament.
Earlier they had moved into the aisles displaying copies of the article on the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry website.
Sri Lanka has already apologised for the article and removed it from the website.
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