New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second time on Monday following a ruckus by the Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MPs who demanded that the house discuss the Ranganath Mishra Commission which recommends 10 per cent reservation for Dalit Muslims and Christians in government jobs.
As soon as the Rajya Sabha convened on Monday at 1100 hrs Kamal Akhtar and Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party demanded that Question Hour be suspended to discuss the Ranganath Mishra Commission.
However, when Rajya Sabha Chairperson Hamid Ansari did not heed to Yadav’s demand, Samajwadi party MPs started shouting slogans and moved towards the podium.
Ansari then adjourned the house till 12 noon. When the House reconvened the uproar by Samajwadi Party and RJD over the implementation of Ranganath Misra Commission report continued. The Chairperson adjourned the house till 1400 hrs IST.
The move to discuss Ranganath Mishra Commission report is seen as another chance by the Samajwadi Party and the RJD to stall the Women's Reservation Bill, which is scheduled to come up for voting in the Rajya Sabha.
Both parties have been opposing the Womens's Reservation Bill demanding a quota within the women's quota for other backward castes (OBC) women and Muslim women.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday demanded that the Bill, which reserves 33 per cent seats in Parliament and in state assemblies for women, should have a "sub-quota" for Dalits, OBC and minorities.
Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena said the party MPs would vote for in favour of the Bill but it asked for change in the provisions of the Bill.
The Shiv Sena said that the right to demarcate constituencies reserved for women should rest with political parties and not the Election Commission.
RJD leader Lalu Prasad and Sharad Yadav of the Janata Dal (United), too, have said they would oppose the Bill in Parliament.
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