NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed three important bills, completing their discussion and passage in a matter of three hours. While the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018, saw a proper discussion and was unanimously passed by voice vote , noisy protests by Congress demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Rafale deal marred the discussion and passage of National Sports University Bill and Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill.

Congress members stormed the well of the House soon after passage of the SC/ST Amendment Bill, with Anand Sharma first reminding the chair of his notice under Rule 273 to raise the Rafale “scam”.

When Chairman Venkaiah Naidu did not pay heed and proceeded with discussion on the National Sports University Bill, Congress members trooped into the well, shouting slogans for a JPC probe.

