New Delhi: The main opposition BJP and the Left parties have planned to intensify their protests against the Congress-led UPA government over the issue of rising prices on Thursday.
According to reports, senior BJP leaders including LK Advani, Nitin Gadkari and Sushma Swaraj will lead a protest march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan and hand over a memorandum to President Pratibha Patil over the issue.
The BJP leaders will also hand over 10 crore signatures collected from common people over the last few months against rising prices.
Meanwhile, the Left parties have planned to stage a sit-in inside the Parliament today to protest spiralling prices of essential commodities.
Confirming the development, CPI's D Raja and CPI M's Basudeb Acharia told reporters that they will hold the sit-in inside Parliament as the Left does not want to hold up the proceedings of the House.
The Left parties would soon chalk out their future course of action on how to take on the government on price rise.
Today’s protest by the BJP and the Left parties comes after Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar rejected the demand for Adjournment Motion and a voting on the issue.
The Speaker said price rise is a matter of concern and may be discussed in any form other than the Adjournment Motion.
"An Adjournment Motion is admitted on the failure of the government to perform its duty enjoined by the Constitution and the law…that is the not the case here," Meira Kumar said.
"I have heard them (the Opposition MPs). I appreciate the concerns of honourable members. It is a matter of concern to the Chair also… the House certainly needs to debate it but adjournment motion is not permissible," she added.
The announcement led to pandemonium in the House, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the Lok Sabha for the day. The Upper House, Rajya Sabha too was adjourned for the day over the same issue.
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