Protests in Parliament over various issues today took an ugly turn in the Rajya Sabha with some members tearing official papers and throwing these towards the Chair besides trying to reach to the microphones on the podium.
Tempers ran high in the Upper House as some members objected to the mention of 10 MPs for action against them for "violation of rules" in the House last week while protesting over various issues.
These protests led to a washout of the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha for the fourth straight working day.
Lok Sabha too could not transact any business because of pandemonium over Telangana and other issues like communal violence bill and problems faced by Tamil fishermen.
In the Rajya Sabha, the copies of House bulletin were torn by V Maitreyan (AIADMK) and T M Selvaganapathi (DMK) amidst protest by members.
Some members, in the Well of the House, were seen tearing the official papers and throwing these towards the Chair. Maitreyan even tried to reach to the microphones on the table of the Chairman but was stopped by the watch and ward staff.
Ten members -- Y S Chowdary and C M Ramesh (both TDP), N Balaganga, A W Rabi Bernard, K R Arjunan, T Rathinavel, R Lakshmanan (all AIADMK) and Vasanthi Stanley, A A Jinnah and T M Selvaganapathi (all DMK) -- were named in Rajya Sabha Bulletin of February 7 for disrupting proceedings.
The bulletin stated: "Due to gross disorderly conduct in violation of rules and etiquette of Rajya Sabha by the following members who, from time to time, entered the 'Well' of the House and persistently and willfully obstructed the proceedings of the House, the Chair repeatedly adjourned the House during the course of the day."
An angry Deputy Chairman P J Kurein said, "I know what you want. You want censoring of the proceedings of the House. It is illegal, against rules. It is unbecoming of you. What you are doing is wrong...Unruly. I am sorry."
Ministers Jairam Ramesh and Rajiv Shukla were seen requesting Maitreyan not to throw the torn pieces of papers.
Similar scenes were witnessed when the House met at 2 PM and Kurien adjourned the House for the day. The House earlier saw four adjournments.
