Parliamentary Protests in India

• Both Houses of Parliament adjourned without any business on Thursday.

• Opposition MPs held protests demanding an apology from Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his statement on B.R. Ambedkar.

• BJP members sought a probe into alleged manhandling of colleagues by Opposition members.

• BJP MP S. Phangnon Konyak reported that Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi shouted at her and made her uncomfortable.

• Both ruling and Opposition party members raised slogans, forcing Chairmam Jagdeep Dhankhar to adjourn the House.

• Speaker Om Birla issued instructions not to allow any protests by any political party in front of the Parliament gates.