Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on the first day of the Monsoon Session on July 18 following sloganeering and disruption by Congress MPs over issues like price rise and GST. Earlier, several newly elected members of the upper House took oath.
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Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. so members could vote in the presidential poll. As the House met for the first time in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, three MPs, took oath as members of the Lok Sabha. PM Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi were among those present in the House.