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Lalit Modi issue adjourns Rajya Sabha as Parliament's monsoon session gets to a stormy start

by IBNS 21 Jul 2015, 12:37 am

New Delhi, Jul 21 (IBNS) The Lalit Modi issue forced adjournment in the Rajya Sabha as the monsoon session of Parliament began on Tuesday with the opposition Congress training its gun at the Narendra Modi government for alleged scams and favouritism.

As expected,the opposition, led by the 44-member Congress raised the issue just at the start of the session even though Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the the government is ready for discussions.

After obiturary references were made in both houses of Parliament, Congress leader Anand Sharma said : "  "All Modi's promises over transparency and accountability are being questioned."