<p>Centre and the Opposition sparred over the ruckus in Rajya Sabha during the discussion on farmers' issue even as a couple of protesting MPs stared at the possibility of being suspended from the House on charges of unruly behaviour.</p>.<p>AAP's Sanjay Singh had climbed the reporters' table and waved black flags while Congress' Pratap Singh Bajwa threw a file at the Chair after the House was adjourned. Another Congress MP Ripun Bora also stood on the table while others like V Sivadasan (CPI-M), Binoy Viswam (CPI), Rajamani Patel (Congress) and Mausam Noor and Arpita Ghosh (both Trinamool Congress) were seen sitting on the table.</p>.<p>Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge defended the Opposition protest saying that what they needed was a discussion on repeal of farm laws and farmers protest and not the general one -- agriculture problems and solutions -- listed by the government.</p>.<p>Asked about the ruckus, he said some MPs might have got emotional but it was not meant to hurt anybody. "The government wants to send a message that the Opposition is disrupting Parliament and not allowing a discussion. But look at the way they designed the discussion and we could not accept that," he said.</p>.<p>Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi "strongly condemned" the ruckus and said the Opposition has "crossed all limits of unparliamentary behaviour today and did not even spare the Chair".</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/ruckus-in-rajya-sabha-as-opposition-mps-climb-on-table-throw-files-at-chair-during-discussion-on-farmers-issue-1018204.html" target="_blank">Ruckus in Rajya Sabha as Opposition MPs climb on table, throw files at Chair during discussion on farmers' issue</a></strong></p>.<p>While Singh called the government's claim "a joke", Bajwa said it was an "attempt to deceive" the nation.</p>.<p>Congress Chief Whip Jairam Ramesh said, "today's pandemonium in the Rajya Sabha is a direct consequence of the mischievous strategy of the Modi govt to divide the Opposition and its refusal to discuss the repeal of the 3 farm laws and the ongoing agitation of farmers."</p>.<p>While Bajwa described the move as an "attempt to deceive the nation", senior RJD MP Manoj K Jha said the Opposition did not want a "poetic discussion" on the agriculture sector. "What we demanded was a discussion on the repeal of farm laws. This government is dishonest," Jha said.</p>.<p>Trinamool Congress floor leader Derek O'Brien said the government tried to be "too clever" by tweaking the subject. "Nobody wants to discuss in general. What we demanded was a discussion on a specific point. All opposition parties have called out the government bluff. The government is running away from Pegasus. It is running away from repealing farm laws," he said.</p>.<p>CPI(M) floor leader Elamaram Kareem said "two important expressions were conspicuously" absent from the subject of the short duration discussion, which were "repeal of the laws" and "farmers' protest"</p>
<p>Centre and the Opposition sparred over the ruckus in Rajya Sabha during the discussion on farmers' issue even as a couple of protesting MPs stared at the possibility of being suspended from the House on charges of unruly behaviour.</p>.<p>AAP's Sanjay Singh had climbed the reporters' table and waved black flags while Congress' Pratap Singh Bajwa threw a file at the Chair after the House was adjourned. Another Congress MP Ripun Bora also stood on the table while others like V Sivadasan (CPI-M), Binoy Viswam (CPI), Rajamani Patel (Congress) and Mausam Noor and Arpita Ghosh (both Trinamool Congress) were seen sitting on the table.</p>.<p>Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge defended the Opposition protest saying that what they needed was a discussion on repeal of farm laws and farmers protest and not the general one -- agriculture problems and solutions -- listed by the government.</p>.<p>Asked about the ruckus, he said some MPs might have got emotional but it was not meant to hurt anybody. "The government wants to send a message that the Opposition is disrupting Parliament and not allowing a discussion. But look at the way they designed the discussion and we could not accept that," he said.</p>.<p>Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi "strongly condemned" the ruckus and said the Opposition has "crossed all limits of unparliamentary behaviour today and did not even spare the Chair".</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/ruckus-in-rajya-sabha-as-opposition-mps-climb-on-table-throw-files-at-chair-during-discussion-on-farmers-issue-1018204.html" target="_blank">Ruckus in Rajya Sabha as Opposition MPs climb on table, throw files at Chair during discussion on farmers' issue</a></strong></p>.<p>While Singh called the government's claim "a joke", Bajwa said it was an "attempt to deceive" the nation.</p>.<p>Congress Chief Whip Jairam Ramesh said, "today's pandemonium in the Rajya Sabha is a direct consequence of the mischievous strategy of the Modi govt to divide the Opposition and its refusal to discuss the repeal of the 3 farm laws and the ongoing agitation of farmers."</p>.<p>While Bajwa described the move as an "attempt to deceive the nation", senior RJD MP Manoj K Jha said the Opposition did not want a "poetic discussion" on the agriculture sector. "What we demanded was a discussion on the repeal of farm laws. This government is dishonest," Jha said.</p>.<p>Trinamool Congress floor leader Derek O'Brien said the government tried to be "too clever" by tweaking the subject. "Nobody wants to discuss in general. What we demanded was a discussion on a specific point. All opposition parties have called out the government bluff. The government is running away from Pegasus. It is running away from repealing farm laws," he said.</p>.<p>CPI(M) floor leader Elamaram Kareem said "two important expressions were conspicuously" absent from the subject of the short duration discussion, which were "repeal of the laws" and "farmers' protest"</p>
