Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die as disruptions continue
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The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Thursday after Chairman Hamid Ansari called for introspection by members over the frequent disruptions in the house.
Only three bills were introduced while six others were either passed or returned to the Lok Sabha by the upper house in the over a month-long session, the chairman informed the house.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die too.
The chairman said no business was transacted on 10 days. Cumulatively, 58 scheduled working hours were lost, only 65 out of the 500 questions were answered orally and over 27 hours of discussion went unavailed.
"Only one calling attention was taken up in the session, against the target of two per week," he said.
Expressing concern and calling for an introspection, Ansari said the members should find ways to express their concern on various issues without 'infringing the rules'.
"Many matters of public importance remain unattended. This is a sad commentary on the rights and duties of members to participate meaningfully in the proceedings of the house," he said.
"It calls for introspection... it should not be beyond our collective endeavour to seek ways of expressing concern without transgressing on the rights of fellow members and without infringing upon our own rules for conduct of business," Ansari added.
The monsoon session of parliament, which started on August 1, ended on Thursday.
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