Both the houses of the Parliament have been adjourned till 4 PM as Opposition continued stalling the proceedings for the second week in succession over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Both the Houses witnessed two adjournments each — first till noon and then till 1600 hours amid speculation of sine die adjournment later in the day.
In the din, the Lok Sabha passed the Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2006 without discussion as BJP members trooped into the well raising slogans demanding setting up of JPC.
In the Rajya Sabha, similar scenes were witnessed with slogan-shouting BJP, AIADMK and Shiv Sena members storming the well.
Amid the uproar, a key bill providing social security to unorganised workers was introduced by Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes even though it was not listed.
This evoked strong protests by Left and SP members who wanted separate bills for agricultural and non-agricultural workers.
Two important bills — The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Bill and the Competition (Amendment) Bill — were passed without discussion in five minutes.
Both the Bills had already been passed by the Lower House.
