new delhi the opposition on thursday targetted the government over agrarian crisis unemployment and other issues with congress leader p chidambaram dubbing its economic policy as a betrayal of the country and saying all norms of fiscal prudence have been thrown out of the windowthe 40minute speech of chidambaram who initiated the debate on the 201819 budget in the rajya sabha witnessed continuous ruckus and sloganeering by ruling bjp members who sought an apology from the congress for such disruptions during the prime ministers speech in lok sabha yesterdayan unfazed chidambaram continued to target the government in a loud pitch and sought replies to 12 questions relating to the economy while describing minimum support price msp for foodgrains job creation and the ayushman bharat scheme as the three jumlas rhetoric of the bjpled government in its last full budget before the 2019 pollstaking a dig the former finance minister also asked whether the government will suggest the international labour organisation ilo to include those selling pakodas in its definition for employmentlater members of samajwadi party cpim bsp and trinamool congress also took the government to task on several issues including the note ban and gstas soon as the rajya sabha convened at 2 pm after an almost 90minute adjournment several bjp members stood up and demanded an apology from the congress for disrupting the prime ministers speech in the lok sabha yesterdayparliamentary affairs minister ananth kumar supported them saying the main opposition party must apologise for its conduct during the pms speech in the lower house yesterdayleader of opposition in the rajya sabha ghulam nabi azad termed the ruckus in the house as a failure of the governmentderek obrien of trimanool congress charged the ruling party with disrupting the house saying it does not have any answer to the issues relating to the budget by the oppositionto this kumar said the government wants the house to run we want to have a full discussion on the budget but if there are issues disturbing the members they have full right to raise the issueamid loud protests by bjp members from bjp ally tdp and ysr congress stormed the well carrying placards with slogans like help fight for justice to andhra pradesh and keep your promise demanding special status for the statefollowing the uproar cpim leader t k rangarajan who was in the chair then repeatedly appealed for order but was ultimately forced to adjourn the proceedings for 10 minuteshowever the protests by bjp resumed as soon as the house reconvened with deputy leader of opposition anand sharma saying it is most unfortunate that the parliamentary affairs minister was encouraging disruptions he said the congress had cooperated for smooth functioning of the house after a word with the chairman m venkaiah naidu but in vainlaw minister ravi shankar prasad said the prime minister was disturbed for two hours while he spoke in lok sabha and claimed that such a thing has never happened in 70 yearsamid loud chants by bjp members saying