A group of Opposition parties—Congress, TMC, NCP, DMK, Samajwadi Party, CPI-M, CPI and AAP—on Tuesday boycotted the proceedings of Rajya Sabha, alleging that their voice was being "muzzled".

Members of the parties stayed away from the House when the proceedings resumed at 3 PM after two adjournments during the day.

"The voice of the opposition is being muzzled outside and we do not want this to happen with the opposition parties inside the House. Which is why we wanted to raise this issue since morning and which is why we have boycotted the House for the whole day," Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters. Azad alleged that various issues were meant to be raised during Zero Hour, but the moment MPs got up to raise these issues, the House was adjourned till 2 pm.