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Such an action, rare in the history of Lok Sabha, prompted Congress party president Sonia Gandhi to call it a “Black day for Indian democracy”.

Rejecting the opposition’s charge the government had not reached out to them, Naidu said he had called a meeting of various parties on Friday morning as well but Congress backed out at the last moment and added that he was looking to call a meeting on Monday.

Ramesh has alleged irregularities in the lease of land to the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) by Dhumal government in 2002 that caused a loss of Rs 100 crore to the state exchequer.

Congress continued to target BJP by raking up the row surrounding allotment of land to Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association during its rule and accused former chief minister P K Dhumal and his son Anurag Thakur of involvement in a land scam that caused a loss of Rs 100 crore to...

Whether the proposals are tangible or not would be decided at an all-party meeting that has been called at the initiative of the government on Monday.

On Saturday, the Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House of Parliament, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, was tight-lipped on whether the Congress would take part in the meeting.

BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha, who has been at cross purposes with his party on several issues, earned a reprimand from finance minister Arun Jaitley over his support for a petition against the death sentence handed to 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.

“Congress wants to tarnish the image of the Prime Minister and the government and they don’t want Modi government to succeed”, he alleged. “Sushma Swaraj should come to parliament, but she should resign on grounds of propriety”, he said.

“Regret to see India led by such so-called leaders!!”, Vadra had said in his post. Taking their cue from Mrs Gandhi, Congress MPs trooped into the Well of the House and plunged it into pandemonium.

The development came a day after the BJP released a sting video to level corruption charges against Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat.

Tending to the media outside the Parliament, the Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi hammered PM Modi for not talking up against Union Minister Sushma Swaraj, who supposedly helped a “bhagora” like Lalit Modi.

Earlier, Congress party had planned to protest silently in parliament premises, but did not continue with the plan.

During the Padyatra he will also meet the family of Harinath Reddy, a farmer who committed suicide.

Modi said, “Today Monsoon session begins”.

Congress on Thursday ruled out talks with the government for breaking the logjam in Parliament, making it clear that it will continue till its demand for resignations of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and BJP chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan is met.