News24 Bureau
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday rejected the Opposition's demand for an adjournment motion on the price rise issue and adjourned the House for the day.
"An adjournment motion is admitted on the failure of the government to perform its duty enjoined by the constitution and the law…that is the not the case here," Meira Kumar ruled after a nearly one-and-a-half hour debate on whether the rising prices could be discussed under an adjournment motion that entails voting.
"I have heard them (the Opposition MPs). I appreciate the concerns of honorable members. It is a matter of concern to the chair also… the house certainly needs to debate it but adjournment motion is not permissible," Meira Kumar said, prompting noisy protests from Opposition members.