Ruckus over Chidambaram in Rajya Sabha
December 21st, 2011 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Allegations of corruption against union Home Minister P. Chidambaram stalled the Rajya Sabha once again Wednesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding his resignation and the government standing up for him.
The house was adjourned briefly as the Chidambaram issue once again took centrestage. The main opposition party, which has been boycotting the home minister alleging his involvement in the 2G spectrum scam, last week said he should quit over reports that he favoured a former client.
As the home minister replied to questions marked for his ministry in the question hour, opposition members shouted slogans demanding his resignation. Opposition MPs also shouted slogans targeting United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
As BJP members gathered near the presiding officer’s podium, members from the treasury benches also joined in to defend the minister.
Amid the din, the upper house was adjourned for nearly 10 minutes till 12 noon.
The upper house resumed its business at 12 noon.
Chidambaram has strongly rejected the BJP’s allegation that he had favoured the hotelier, his former client S.P. Gupta, in getting three first information reports filed against him withdrawn, and dismissed suggestions that there was any conflict of interest involved in this.
The case dates to 1999 when owners of the luxury Metropolitan Hotel, Gupta and his company Sunair Hotels were involved in a legal battle with private firm VLS Finance Ltd that claims to have funded the hotel project.
- Opposition cries for Chidambaram's head, minister rejects charges (Second Lead) - Dec 16, 2011
- 'Deeply hurt' Chidambaram rejects conflict of interest charges - Dec 16, 2011
- Chidambaram should explain: CPI-M - Dec 16, 2011
- Another shocker for UPA: clamour for Chidambaram's 'dismissal' - Dec 15, 2011
- BJP demands Chidambaram's removal, minister rejects charges (Roundup) - Dec 16, 2011
- Parliament adjourned till Monday over anti-Chidambaram protests (Lead) - Dec 16, 2011
- Parliament disrupted over anti-Chidambaram protests - Dec 16, 2011
- BJP seeks action against Chidambaram, forces adjournment of Rajya Sabha - Dec 20, 2011
- Never met Chidambaram, says hotelier - Dec 16, 2011
- Back to square one: Anti-Chidambaram protests disrupt parliament - Dec 08, 2011
- BJP targets Chidambaram in parliament (Roundup) - Dec 20, 2011
- After Chidambaram, opposition now guns for Krishna - Dec 09, 2011
- Chidambaram guilty of criminal offence: BJP - Dec 15, 2011
- Court approves prosecution of Chidambaram's ex-client - Jan 07, 2012
- Parliament returns to disruptions over demands for Chidambaram's ouster (Roundup) - Dec 08, 2011
Tags: allegation, bharatiya janata party, case dates, conflict of interest, finance ltd, hotel project, main opposition party, metropolitan hotel, opposition members, p chidambaram, presiding officer, private firm, progressive alliance, rajya sabha, ruckus, s p gupta, sonia gandhi, sunair, union home minister, upper house