NewDelhi:Trinamool Congress and BJP on Mon-day targeted each other in Parliament, leading to clashes and walkouts.
Trinamool Congress displayed in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha the copies of some red diary, allegedly recovered from Sahara group chief Subrata Roy, and claimed that it contained name of a BJP leader. In the Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress mem-bers rushed to the Well shouting slogans. They demanded that PM Naren-dra Modi should explain what action CBI has taken after the name allegedly figured in the diary.
They later staged a walkout of the proceedings.
Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC) had given a notice for suspension of Question Hour to discuss the issue which was rejected by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
Later, BJP member Kirit Somaiya hit back, alleging that the West Bengal government of Trinamool Congress was creating “hurdles” in the CBI inves-tigation into the Saradha chit fund scam, in which names of “one dozen” TMC lea-ders have cropped up.This led to protests by Trinamool members but Somaiya went on saying that 3.5 lakh small investors had been cheated in the chit fund scheme.
“The state government is not cooperating with the CBI probe,” he alleged. Amid the noisy scenes, the Speaker adjourned the House for lunch, ahead of schedule. In the Rajya Sabha, Derek O’Brien (TMC) sought to raise the issue during Question Hour but was disallowed.He had earlier given a notice for sus-pension of Question Hour but was not allowed.
As O’Brien rose to raise the issue during Question Hour, BJP members shouted him down raising the issue of Saradha chit fund scam.
Trinamool members later staged a walkout as they were disallowed from raising the issue. (PTI)
