We will all leave the House and not come back at all….”Opposition members didn’t follow through on this immediately and the House was adjourned for 45 minutes. “If the Rajya Sabha was to replicate what the Lok Sabha does, then why have two Houses in the first place,” Azad said, clearly irritated with repeated reminders on how the Lok Sabha was functioning well and overtime. “The Constitution provided for two Houses with a reason: the Rajya Sabha is a permanent House with the specific purpose of scrutinising legislation that the Lok Sabha has passed…. There are regional considerations, religious considerations, linguistic considerations.… But, here we are insulated from all such considerations…,” Azad said. That is why the Prime Minister has an office in Parliament.”Modi had come to Parliament as the BJP parliamentary party meets on Tuesdays.

Source: The Telegraph July 23, 2019 20:55 UTC