Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 p.m. on Thursday after Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar rejected the suspension notice of nine members, including Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge (LoP), leading to sloganeering.

While rejecting the notice, the Chairman said, "The notices are not in order to be accepted," and referred to the December 8 ruling about acceptance and rejections of the rule 267 notices which is invoked to suspend business.

Mallikarjun Kharge
Mallikarjun KhargeIANS

Later, the members objected to the ruling and Dhankar adjourned the House till 2 p.m.

Ahead of the House proceedings, leaders of various like-minded opposition parties met at LoP's chamber. They included Congress, DMK, AITC, SP, JD(U), Shiv Sena, CPI(M), CPI, NCP, IUML, NC, AAP, and Kerala Congress.

The government is likely to move a motion of thanks to President Droupadi Murmu for her address to joint the sitting of Parliament.

Leaders of various Opposition parties will meet this morning to devise strategy for the floor of the House ahead of Parliament proceedings.

Congress MPs Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury during a tribute ceremony to pay homage to martyrs who lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack
New Delhi: Congress MPs Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury during a tribute ceremony to pay homage to martyrs who lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack on its 21st anniversary, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on Tuesday, December 13, 2022IANS

A Congress Strategy Committee meeting is also scheduled before the proceedings begin.

Congress whip Naseer Hussain said, "Congress Strategy Committee to meet in CPP office in Parliament building and like-minded Opposition parties to meet in LOP Mallikarjun Khargeji's Chamber in Parliament at 10 a.m."

The opposition is meeting at Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge's room a day after the budget was presented by the Finance Minister.

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