Parliament adjourns till noon after uproar over 2G issue

NEW DELHI: Parliament was today adjourned without taking up the Question Hour for the 20th straight day as opposition members persisted with their demand for a JPC probe into in the 2G spectrum allocation.

Immediately after Speaker Meira Kumar welcomed a Mongolian delegation to watch the Lok Sabha proceedings, Opposition members trooped into the well demanding a JPC probe in the alleged scam.

Members belonging to the BJP, AIADMK, SP and the Left parties kept raising slogans 'We want JPC' and the Speaker adjourned the House till noon.

Soon after the Rajya Sabha met for the day, BJP and AIADMK members trooped into the well shouting "We Want JPC."

Members of other opposition parties too stood up in support of the demand.

Chairman Hamid Ansari called for the first listed question of the day but with members unrelenting, he adjourned the house till 1200 hours.