New Delhi: The second leg of the Budget Session ended in a washout on Friday as both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine dine, bringing to a close a month of pandemonium and repeated disruptions that saw a total of nearly 250 working hours wasted.
In the session that began on March 5, the Lok Sabha lost 127 hours and 45 minutes while the Rajya Sabha lost more than 121 hours. The notices of no-confidence motion moved by the opposition against the government could not be taken up in the Lower House.
Parties across the line protested against a variety of issues — from special status to Andhra Pradesh and the PNB-Nirav Modi bank scam to the demand for a Cauvery water management board and the vandalising of statues.