New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Thursday (March 25) was adjourned sine die forward of the meeting polls in 4 states and one union territory, thus bringing an finish to the Budget Session of the Parliament.
The Lok Sabha too was adjourned sine die earlier within the day. The month-long second half of the Budget session that began on March 8 was earlier scheduled to finish on April 8.
Several MPs on the behest of their events had earlier approached the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Chairman of Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu to curtail the session, citing elections as the rationale.
Trinamool Congress leaders Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Derek O`Brien had written respectively to the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman, requesting them to adjourn the proceedings.
The first half of the Budget Session commenced with the deal with of President Ram Nath Kovind on January 29 and concluded on February 29.
Elections are because of be held in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry from March 27 to April 29. The outcomes for a similar will probably be introduced on May 2.
