LS, RS adjourned till noon over price rise

NEW DELHI: Both the houses of the Parliament were adjourned on Tuesday, the second day of the budget session, as the opposition parties cornered the ruling UPA over price rise.

With opposition sticking to its demand, there was an uproar in Lok Sabha with government insisting that the problem of price rise was "more a failure" of the state governments than the Centre.

Earlier, BJP had insisted on bringing an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha to discuss the issue of price rise as previous debates have yielded no results.

"We want to bring an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha on the burning issue of price rise. Previous debates under Rule 193 (short duration discussion) have yielded no results," party's Deputy Leader in the Lower House Gopinath Munde told reporters here after the Parliamentary Party's meeting this morning.

The BJP had already given a notice for adjournment motion and said the government should not make it an ego issue.

A discussion under an adjournment motion entails voting. Similarly in Rajya Sabha, BJP wanted a debate on price rise under Rule 167 which allows voting.