Coal scam continued to paralyse normal functioning of Parliament for the twelfth day on Thursday as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members vociferously demanded the resignation of
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
were first adjourned till noon after Opposition triggered ruckus on the issue. Members of the DMK AIADMK, CPI and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) were in the Well raising the Sri Lanka issue.
DMK members were opposing the training of Sri Lankan armed forces at an airbase in India, while AIADMK and VCK members protested the upcoming visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Madhya Pradesh.
In the Lok Sabha, Speaker
Meira Kumar took up the Question Hour after making an obituary reference to the victims of the a devastating fire at a cracker manufacturing unit in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
After observing silence for a while, the BJP members trooped to the Well raising slogans against the prime minister
over the coal block allocation .
As the din continued, the Speaker adjourned the House till noon, before suspending it for the day as daily functioning got hampered.
When the Rajya Sabha met for the day, it too mourned the loss of lives in Sivakasi tragedy.
Soon after, the House plunged into turmoil as BJP members shouted slogans demanding resignation of the prime minister. Some Samajwadi Party members were up on their feet but they could not be heard in the din.
Chairman Hamid Ansari tried to restore order in the House and called for first listed question of the day but BJP members were unrelenting.
He adjourned the House till noon before adjourning it till 2 pm.
With inputs from PTI 
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