08-08-2006, 04:19 PM
<!--emo&:thumbdown--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbsdownsmileyanim.gif' /><!--endemo--> Normalcy restored in Rajya Sabha; <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Natwar absent </span>
Source: PTI.
New Delhi, Aug 8: After the two-day furore over the privilege issue, calm was restored in Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour today with former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, who held the Prime Minister accountable for leakage of the Pathak report, conspicuous by his absence. (<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>damp Squibb!){Natu is no VP Singh;Manmohan is no Rajiv Gandhi}</span>
Though the House was adjourned during Question Hour over another controversial issue raised by AIADMK regarding certain allegations against Finance Minister P Chidambaram in a book on stock market, normalcy was restored in Zero Hour when the House reassembled and there was no mention of the privilege notice.
The House took up during Zero Hour the serious issues of floods in several states in the country and the need to revise the minimum support price with several members cutting across party lines urging government to take immediate steps.
Chidambaram, who was under attack by AIADMK, Samajwadi Party and several other opposition members was present in the House as Tuesday is the question day for Finance.
Source: PTI.
New Delhi, Aug 8: After the two-day furore over the privilege issue, calm was restored in Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour today with former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, who held the Prime Minister accountable for leakage of the Pathak report, conspicuous by his absence. (<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>damp Squibb!){Natu is no VP Singh;Manmohan is no Rajiv Gandhi}</span>
Though the House was adjourned during Question Hour over another controversial issue raised by AIADMK regarding certain allegations against Finance Minister P Chidambaram in a book on stock market, normalcy was restored in Zero Hour when the House reassembled and there was no mention of the privilege notice.
The House took up during Zero Hour the serious issues of floods in several states in the country and the need to revise the minimum support price with several members cutting across party lines urging government to take immediate steps.
Chidambaram, who was under attack by AIADMK, Samajwadi Party and several other opposition members was present in the House as Tuesday is the question day for Finance.