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Rajya Sabha adjourned over meeting between Ramdev's aide and Hafiz Saeed
Updated On: 14 July, 2014 11:32 AM IST | | IANS
<p>The Rajya Sabha was on Monday adjourned after members of the house created an uproar over the meeting of yoga guru Ramdev's aide with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Saeed.</p>
New Delhi: There was uproar in the Rajya Sabha on Monday over the meeting of an aide of yoga guru Ramdev with the 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, disrupting the question hour.
A picture of the yoga guru's close aide Ved Pratap Vaidik with Hafiz Saeed was circulated on social media, stirring a raging controversy. As soon as the upper house met, the uproar on the issue forced a 15-minute adjournment.The Congress questioned if Vaidik was sent as an emissary, and why were the proper channels not followed.Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said he was surprised Vaidik, who is also a senior journalist, claimed to be an emissary."It is most surprising Vaidik claims to be intermediary. Who sent him on the mission?" he questioned.

