Shweta Suri
Amidst a dramatic scenario staged by the people of Left to somehow stop Insurance Bill from being introduced, the draft legislation of the Bill was at last presented in the Rajya Sabha, today.
The CPI(M) members tried to forcibly have the papers from Minister of State for Finance. This act of snatching by CPI(M) T K Rangaranjan who was trying to acquire the document from P K Bansal agitated external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee. He tried to protect his colleague from the humiliating opposition by pushing TR Rangaranjan.
Meira Kumar, another minister too went on to shield P K Bansal. Consequently, the session was adjourned till 1400 hours.
The opposition act, it seems was pre-planned, arranged by CPI(M) together with AIADMK and TDK as the members gathered well before the starting of an already adjourned question hour.
This Bill extends the FDI limit for Insurance sector.
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