Radio Tarana 1386 AM number 1 in Indian Radio

Vice President Hamid Ansari introduced the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but SP MPs rose in protest leading to a quick adjournment. The bill enjoys support of the ruling coalition and also of the BJP and the Left as well as a number of smaller parties.

The bill, created storm in the Lok Sabha soon after Speaker Meira Kumar welcomed a Croatian delegation and read out a reference on International Women's Day.

The moment Kumar called for Question Hour, SP, BSP and RJD members trooped into the Well demanding quotas for OBC, Dalit and Muslim women within the proposed law to reserve 33 per cent seats in Parliament and State assemblies for the fair sex.

The Speaker refused to adjourn the House and carried on with the Question Hour. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav gestured his party members to move forward and himself marched to the Well from the side of the treasury benches. Dara Singh Chauhan (BSP) and Lalu Prasad and Umashanker Singh (both RJD) followed Yadav.

Mithilesh Kumar (SP) tried to climb the table placed in front of the Speaker prompting Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee to request Yadav to control his members.

On the SP chief's directive, the members retreated a bit but stayed put in the Well and continued to raise slogans.

The Rajya Sabha was also adjourned after Samajwadi Party members demanded that question hour be suspended to discuss the Women's Reservation Bill.

When the house assembled at 11 a.m., Chairman Hamid Ansari read out a message on the international Women's Day saying that among others "women have to be included in the decision making process".

As soon as he finished, Kamal Akhtar and other SP members were on their feet demanding that the report of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities headed by Justice (retd) Ranganath Misra be discussed.

Ansari ruled it out on the ground that no notice had been served for this. As a handful of SP members advanced to towards the chairman's podium, Ansari adjourned the House.