NEW DELHI: Both Houses of Parliament was adjourned sine die on Friday, bringing down the curtains on the Budget session which began on January 31.
As soon as Lok Sabha met at 12 noon after an adjournment over remarks by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla read out his valedictory remarks and adjourned the House sine die (indefinitely till the new session is convened).
He said as many as 16 bills were passed during the session and the House productivity was pegged at over 118 per cent.
As he spoke, opposition members were raising slogans against Birla's observation against Gandhi that her claim that the Waqf amendment Bill was bulldozed without discussion was unfortunate and against dignity of the House.
During the session, the government completed its budgetary exercise after the Lok Sabha gave its nod to the demands for grants for the various ministries as well as the Finance Bill.
The budget for Manipur, under central rule, was also cleared.
The Waqf amendment bill, which witnessed a showdown between the government and the Opposition, was passed by Parliament as the two Houses sat for long hours to clear the law.
Similarly, Rajya Sabha proceedings on Friday were adjourned following uproar as treasury benches raised slogans over the Supreme Court invalidating recruitment of over 25,700 teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal.
When the Upper House assembled for the morning session, the ruling party members started raising slogans over the matter after Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar completed birthday wishes, farewell messages and laying of the listed papers.
As the ruling party raised the matter and TMC's Derek O'Brien tried to respond, uproar ensued, forcing Dhankhar to adjourn the House.