RS adjourned thrice

Rajya Sabha was adjourned thrice after LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan along with RJD members entered to raise the issue of CBI to Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the fake encounter case. Paswan along with RJD members Ram Kripal Yadav and Rajniti Prasad stood up and sought to raise the matter. P J Kurien did not permit Paswan to raise the issue observing that Zero Hour was over. Paswan kept insisting that he was not allowed to raise the matter during Zero Hour.

Minister for poverty allegation, Kumari Selja and Congress member Seelam tried to calm the agitating members.Kurien asked Paswan to give a fresh notice. But, he and the RJD members were unrelenting. Home minister Chidambaram tried to intervene but Kurien asked him not to do so. The House was then adjourned for 10 minutes. When Kurien returned, he again adjourned the House for another 10 minutes, and then finally for the third time till 3 pm.