In 20 days, Lok Sabha passes only 13 Bills

New Delhi: The winter session of Lok Sabha came to an end on Wednesday after passing 13 Bills despite persistent uproar created by opposition Congress over various issues, including certain allegations against finance minister Arun Jaitley in connections with DDCA affairs.

The 20-day session, adjourned sine die, was considerably much productive as compared to the last Monsoon session which was a virtual washout due to the ruckus caused by the opposition which had been pressing for ouster of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over various allegations.

In the session which concluded on Wednesday, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan preferred to carry on with the listed business even as protesting Congress members stormed the Well and shouted slogans, many times walking out of the House for the day.

She twice threatened to take action against the Congress members who were disrupting the House by asking officials to note down their names. It may be recalled that in the last session, she had suspended as many as 25 of the 44 Congress members for their unrelenting disruptions.

In this session, the finance minister was in the firing line over the alleged financial bungling in the Delhi cricket body DDCA with even BJP MP Kirti Azad targetting him.

Congress also created uproar and disrupted the House after a Delhi court issued summons to its leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in connection with National Herald case.