New Delhi, March 9 -- Lok Sabha witnessed noisy scenes on Monday, the first day the House met following an inter-session break, with the opposition parties demanding a discussion on the crisis in West Asia, even as the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made a suo moto statement.

The government accused the Congress and other opposition parties of stalling the proceedings when the House was to take up the resolution given by the opposition members for the removal of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The opposition parties do not have the numbers to carry the resolution in the House.

The House was first adjourned till 12 noon, 3 pm and later for the day as opposition members resorted to sloganeering against the government.

When the House m...