Budget Session Live: Ruckus in Rajya Sabha over Rohith Vemula's suicide

Mayawati raises Dalit students' issue as BSP MPs storm Well of the House.

New Delhi: The Budget Session was up for a stormy start on Wednesday as predicted with the House being adjourned four times following protests over the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula.

Discussions on the current state of unrest at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the furore over Hyderabad University scholar Rohith Vemula will be raised in Lok Sabha tomorrow after the presentation of Rail Budget.

Here are the latest updates: 12.38 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned again till 2.00 pm. prior to which, MA Naqvi of BJP maintained that the government cannot answer splintered questions and requested the Chairman to either convene the Question Hour or take up discussions on the issues.

12:25 pm: The Lok Sbaha agreed to discuss the JNU controversy and suicide of Rohith Vemula at 3 pm later today. Meenakshi Lekhi of BJP also delivered the 'Thanks motion' for President's address on the joint session of the Parliament. 12.16 pm: Claiming that the government was scared of him, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, speaking to media persons outside parliament, said, “You watch, when I speak, they will not let me speak. Because they are scared of what I will say.”

12.12 pm: Vice President Hamid Ansari adjourned the House for 15 minutes.

12.00 am: Rajya Sabha adjourned until 12.12 pm following uproar over Rohith Vemula’s suicide. 11.30 am: Replying to the issues raised by BSP supremo Mayawati, BJP leader MA Naqvi said, -"We will not respond to things in bits and pieces, there will be a proper discussion-". 11.10 am: BSP supremo Mayawati raised the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Rajya Sabha, attacking the RSS and the BJP government. She refused to stop speaking, despite deputy chairman PJ Kurien asking her to end her statement, following which the Rajya Sabha was adjourned briefly after BSP members created ruckus. 11.00 am: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha on the JNU stand-off and the suicide case of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula.

Rohith, 26, was found hanging on January 17, days after he was banned from the hostel and other areas on campus.

In the Lok Sabha, motion of thanks on the President's address will be moved and the Election Laws amendment bill is also scheduled to be introduced in the lower house.

In Rajya Sabha, the National Waterways Bill, the Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, the Bureau of Indian Standards Bill is scheduled to come up for discussion and passage today.

The government has agreed to discuss all the issues as it wants to avoid a repeat of the Monsoon and Winter Sessions, where little work got done.

The government has a heavy legislative agenda to push through in this session including the passage of GST Bill.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier said that he was hopeful of a 'fruitful' Budget Session and added that the government's 'limitations' must also be discussed in the Parliament as it was the only way to strengthen the democracy.