Cong seeks Farooq’s take on Kandahar hijack

New Delhi: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah’s interview to a newspaper that the decision to release terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar during the Kandahar hijacking was taken by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and deputy Prime minister LK Advani led to furore in both the Houses of Parliament on the last day of the Monsoon session.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned four times and the Lok Sabha once as the issue rocked both the Houses on Friday. Waving copies of the newspaper, Congress leaders led by Rajiv Shukla and V Narayanasamy, who had given a notice on the issue, demanded the chair to take up the issue.
With Congress members vociferously pressing for their demand, chairman Bhairon Singh Sekhawat adjourned the House for half-an-hour till 12 30 pm. When the House reassembled, it was adjourned till 2 pm only to be adjourned again to 2.30 pm.
26/08/06 Financial Express

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