The Trinamool Congress (TMC) today sought an adjournment of the Parliament session on account of elections in five states of the country.
The TMC leaders in both Houses of Parliament wrote to presiding officers asking for the adjournment of Proceedings. In a letter to the Rajya Sabha (RS) Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, TMC leader and RS member Derek O'Brien said due to the polls, MPs of his party would not be able to attend the Parliament session. TMC parliamentary party leader in Lok Sabha (LS) Sudip Bandopadhyay has also written a letter to the LS Speaker Om Birla on the same Issue.
The second part of the Budget session of Parliament began on today but its duration is likely to be curtailed as most top politicians would be busy campaigning for assembly polls taking place in March-April. As of now, the session will conclude on April 8.