New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha faced numerous disruptions yesterday as opposition members demanded a debate on atrocities against Dalits in Una (Gujarat), even as Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot gave clarifications, and later Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi tried to pacify the opposition by stating that a debate on the issue would be taken up today.

Opposition members near the chairman’s podium, raising slogans against the government. Pic/PTI