Monsoon session mayhem: Who's disrespecting the House, govt or opposition?

A day after unruly scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha, the government on Thursday said the opposition must apologise for its "disruptive behaviour" in the upper house, and accused it of threatening Union ministers not to bring more legislations after passage of the Constitution amendment bill.

The tumultuous Monsoon session of Parliament was curtailed by two days on Wednesday after opposition MPs jostled with marshals in the well of the house when they were trying to move towards the chair and the treasury benches.

Meanwhile, countering Opposition's allegations, Union minister Piyush Goyal said, "A lady marshal was manhandled by opposition MPs. Opposition's behaviour in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday was a new low for parliamentary democracy... Opposition's approach of my way or highway is highly condemnable."