New Delhi: As expected Nandigram issue rocked both the houses of Parliament today. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till tomorrow, as opposition demanded strict action over Nandigram issue.

BJP while sticking to its point said that Nandigram is not a state issue, demanded a complete solution. On the other hand, Congress proposed a high state level committee on this issue.

Earlier, predictions were made that Nandigram will have its rigid impact on the functioning of Parliament, as BJP hinting at going ballistic on the Centre's "silence" on events in the area and Congress stepping up pressure on ruling West Bengal's ruling CPI(M).

Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, who has already moved a motion in Rajya Sabha for a debate on Nandigram on Monday, launched a sharp attack on Congress for remaining "silent" on Nandigram violence allegedly by CPI-M cadres and said his party wanted a debate on the issue in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

"It is highly surprising that Congress is silent on Nandigram. Just because CPI-M is backing UPA government at the Centre, it is improper to forgive its cadre as Nandigram was made a war zone", Joshi told reporters in Bhubaneshwar.

He said no senior Congress leader, neither party chief Sonia Gandhi nor Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, visited Nandigram.

"It seems Congress is quiet on Nandigram either to save the UPA government led by it at the Centre or to make CPI-M soften its stand on Indo-US nuclear deal", the former Union minister alleged.

To a query, Joshi said he did not favour imposition of President's rule in Bengal but the Centre could have given a warning to the state government in accordance with constitutional provisions.

He charged West Bengal state agencies and CPI(M) cadres with converted Nandigram into a "war zone".

Source : PTI