Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon over deportation of Indians from US

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon on Thursday following uproar over the issue of deportation of illegal Indian immigrants from the United States.

As soon as the House assembled, the opposition members, mostly Congress MPs were on their feet trying to raise the issue.

Speaker Om Birla tried to pacify the agitating members by saying the government has taken note of their concerns seriously.

"The issue is serious. It is a matter of foreign policy. The government has taken it seriously. The foreign country also has its own rules and regulations. You can raise your issues at 12 noon and allow the Question Hour to run smoothly," he said.

The Speaker said the Question Hour is important and a member get the opportunity after a long wait. Hence the MP should be allowed to raise the issue.

"People have chosen you to raise their issues in the House but you are resorting to protests. This method is not good," he said.

Since the first question of the day was marked for Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad, Birla said: "You are not allowing the member of your associate party to raise his issues. You are systematically disrupting House. This is not good".

However, the protesting members ignored the Speaker's pleas and continued the protests following which Birla adjourned the proceedings till 12 noon.

A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal Indian immigrants landed in Amritsar on Wednesday, the first such batch of Indians deported by the Donald Trump government as part of a crackdown against illegal immigrants.

Of them, 33 each are from Haryana and Gujarat, 30 from Punjab, three each from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, and two from Chandigarh.