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Goa issue rocks both Houses 

What is India News Service, Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 1400 hrs IST

The Opposition forced an adjournment in both Houses of Parliament over the dismissal of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government in Goa. While the Lok Sabha was adjourned without transaction of business in the morning, the Rajya Sabha followed suit in the afternoon after an unrelenting Opposition maintained its fire despite a two-hour pre-lunch adjournment. 

In both Houses, the Opposition raised the issue as soon as it met for the day. Amid slogan raising, the Opposition demanded the suspension of question hour to move an adjournment motion regarding the dismissal of the "duly elected Manohar Parrikar Government" by the Governor of Goa. 

The Opposition in the Lok Sabha found support for its cause in the Samajwadi Party. 

Though the Lok Sabha Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, allowed the Leader of the Opposition, L.K. Advani, to speak about the admissibility of the motion and the Leader of the House, Pranab Mukherjee, to respond, he turned it down on the premise that the rules did not permit it; leading to the first adjournment for 15 minutes.

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