Parliament session: Congress moves adjournment over E Ahamed's death

The Budget session started on a stormy note on Friday, as Opposition parties raised the issue of late MP E Ahamed's death in Lok Sabha.

An adjournment motion notice was given by Congress MP KC Venugopal.

The notice said that the unethical approach from the RML hospital and the central government towards veteran parliamentarian E Ahamed and his family members during his last hours has created anguish and concern among the people in the country.

'The same owes an explanation from the government and an impartial investigation,' it added.

The demand of discussion over the ill treatment of Ahamed raised by Venugopal was backed by all the MPs, hailing from Kerala irrespective of their parties.

The Kerala MPs were joined by the Congress and TMC MPs also which led to the disruption of Lok Sabha proceedings.

After the lower house was adjourned, Kerala MPs walked up to media stand to inform them about what happened in Lok Sabha. They demanded that Lok Sabha committee probes the ill treatment of the senior leader by the NDA government and RML.

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Ahamed had a heart attack during the Presidential address in the Central Hall of Parliament on January 31. He was rushed from there to RML hospital.

However, things got ugly when on the night of January 31, family members of Ahamed started contacting other party leaders and claimed that the hospital was not providing them any information about the ailing MP's health.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi also reached RML hospital along with party's vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other senior Congress leaders. They were also not allowed to meet the Congress leader.

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