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Rajya Sabha has been adjourned over the issue of disqualification of JD(U) MPs Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar Ansari. Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad and Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agrawal were trying to raise the issue but Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu did not allow saying it is not a matter for discussion.

Following this, opposition member trooped into the well raising slogans forcing the chair to adjourn the house for 40 minutes till noon.

The House was later adjourned till 1430 hours as opposition uproar continued over the disqualification of Sharad Yadav and other issues when it reassembled at 12 noon. Earlier the house paid tributes to its former members who passed away recently. Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the Ministers to the house who were inducted in his Council of Ministers.