<p> Post-lunch business in the Rajya Sabha today collapsed for want of quorum on the last day of the first half of the Budget Session of Parliament.<br /><br /></p>.<p>After the quorum bell was pressed for 10 minutes, the House was adjourned till April 24, when the session will resume after a four-week recess.<br /><br />As a result, Private Members' resolutions could not be taken up.<br /><br />Rajya Sabha Secretary General V K Agnihotri made the announcement on behalf of Vice Chairman P J Kurien about adjournment of the House for the day in the absence of required attendance - one-tenth of the total members of the House which is 25.<br /><br />The number of members was low in both ruling and opposition benches and among the ministers Salman Khurshid, Mukul Wasnik, V Narayanasamy and Sachin Pilot were present.<br /><br />Sensing that the House might be adjourned, Shivanand Tiwari (JD-U) and Prakash Javadeker (BJP), who were to move the resolutions, were seen eagerly counting the heads present.<br />They even requested Rajya Sabha officials to press the quorum bell so that members could rush in.<br /><br />Tiwari was to move a resolution seeking 15 per cent reservation for the extremely backward classes within the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota.<br /><br />Javadekar was to raise the issue of creation of separate Telangana.</p>
<p> Post-lunch business in the Rajya Sabha today collapsed for want of quorum on the last day of the first half of the Budget Session of Parliament.<br /><br /></p>.<p>After the quorum bell was pressed for 10 minutes, the House was adjourned till April 24, when the session will resume after a four-week recess.<br /><br />As a result, Private Members' resolutions could not be taken up.<br /><br />Rajya Sabha Secretary General V K Agnihotri made the announcement on behalf of Vice Chairman P J Kurien about adjournment of the House for the day in the absence of required attendance - one-tenth of the total members of the House which is 25.<br /><br />The number of members was low in both ruling and opposition benches and among the ministers Salman Khurshid, Mukul Wasnik, V Narayanasamy and Sachin Pilot were present.<br /><br />Sensing that the House might be adjourned, Shivanand Tiwari (JD-U) and Prakash Javadeker (BJP), who were to move the resolutions, were seen eagerly counting the heads present.<br />They even requested Rajya Sabha officials to press the quorum bell so that members could rush in.<br /><br />Tiwari was to move a resolution seeking 15 per cent reservation for the extremely backward classes within the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota.<br /><br />Javadekar was to raise the issue of creation of separate Telangana.</p>