Heard in Parliament during Budget speech: ‘Adani, Adani’

Tuesday, 2 February 2021Newsdesk

India’s first Covid-era budget was delivered from a tablet. The MPs were scattered across the two Houses and the visitors’ galleries to maintain social distancing in a Parliament sprayed with disinfectant before the start of the day’s sitting. Despite fewer MPs in proximity to the Chair, the Opposition’s protests could be heard, particularly when finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out proposals to privatise public sector undertakings.

New Delhi, 02 February 2021

As per news report of The Telegraph, when Nirmala Sitharaman said “major ports will be moving from managing their operational services on their own to a model where a private partner will manage it for them”, Opposition members raised jeers of “Adani, Adani!” Momentarily stalled, Sitharaman stressed: “A scheme to promote flagging of merchant ships in India will be launched by providing subsidy support to Indian shipping companies in global tenders floated by ministries and CPSEs (central public sector undertakings).”

Source- telegraphindia.com