New
Delhi: The Lok Sabha today passed the Union Budget
with finance minister P Chidambaram tabling his reply
to budget discussions amid loud protests, slogan shouting
and disruptions by the opposition over the deaths due
to police firing in Nandigram.
The
Banking Regulation (Amendments) Bill was also passed
even as the entire opposition shouted slogans, demanding
the dismissal of the Left Front government in West Bengal
over the Nandigram violence Wednesday.
The
Lok Sabha, was adjourned twice earlier and witnessed
acrimonious scenes as Chidambaram stood up to reply
to the three-day-long budget discussion in the house.
The FM attacked the opposition for being harsh on the
budget, saying, "the harsher the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) is, the brighter our economic future."
Immediately
after passing the budget, vote on account, Appropriation
Bill and the Banking Regulation (amendment) Bill, Lok
Sabha was was adjourned till 3.30 p.m.
Chemical
and Fertiliser Minister Ram Vilas Paswan moved the National
Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (amendment)
Bill, which was also passed amidst the din.