Ruckus over Giriraj Singh's remarks against Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sbha adjourned

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia raised the 'racist' comment on Sonia Gandhi's skin colour made by Union Minister Giriraj Singh and said: "The comments insult every women in this country. The remarks also insult every Indian and Nigerians."

"We want the PM to apologise....We seek the resignation of such ministers and MPs," he said.

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said: "The Prime Minister should speak on these issues."

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said no one in government approved Giriraj Singh's remarks.

The Congress members later raised slogans over the issue and demanded for Singh's resignation.

Amid ruckus, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House till 11:45 am.

Singh had triggered a controversy as he said that if former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi had married a Nigerian lady and not a white-skinned woman, then Congress would not have accepted her leadership.

Rajiv Gandhi had married Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi.

Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut had triggered a row by uttering that the voting rights of Muslims should be taken away to expose the real face of "secular" parties indulging in vote bank politics.

In an article in Sena party mouthpiece Saamna, Raut said on Sunday so long Muslims were used a vote banks they have no future in India.

He said late Sena chief Bal Thackeray was right in saying that the voting rights of Muslims should be taken away to expose the so called secular parties.

He said Muslims were used as vote banks and they were being exploited.

The second half of the Budget Session of the Parliament commenced from Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier said he expects to see  even higher standards of debate in this session of the Parliament.

"I am sure this leg of the session will witness even higher standards of debate to fulfil people's aspirations," Modi told reporters.

The second session of the Rajya Sabha will resume from Thursday.