NEW DELHI: As soon as Lok Sabha assembled on Wednesday morning, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the demand for presence of PM Narendra Modi in the House and a statement from him on US President Donald Trump's comments on Kashmir mediation.

After he was denied any further comment by Speaker Om Birla, who continued with Question Hour proceedings calling members to take up their scheduled questions, Chowdhury turned to Sonia Gandhi who then seemed to take charge in the absence of Rahul Gandhi.

For rest of the Question Hour, which saw Congress members troop to the well of the House shouting slogans demanding presence of the PM, Sonia seemed to be running the show - from apparently giving her nod to Chowdhury to ask party members to go into the well of the House to exchanging notes with DMK's T R Baalu.

Soon, DMK members, too, joined Congress in the well shouting slogans demanding a statement from the PM. Sonia was managing the floor for the party with other party MPs, including Shashi Tharoor seeking her opinion time and again as the din continued.

Congress coordinated with other parties DMK, Trinamool Congress and NCP, all joining in the protest. Kanimozhi was seen walking members of DMK to the well to join Congress MPs. While the ruckus continued, Chowdhury and Tharoor often sought out Sonia.

