By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | December 11, 2025 04:42 AM IST 2 min readAs Congress MPs continued to protest, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju rose from his seat to speak, but the Chairman said: “No need to respond, Hon’ble Minister.” The Congress MPs then walked out of the House.The Congress Wednesday walked out of the Rajya Sabha after a BJP MP’s starred question to Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the Nirbhaya Fund was withdrawn during the Question Hour.Question number 107 by BJP MP from Jharkhand Aditya Prasad sought answers from Shah on whether the government was “expanding the Central Forensic Science Laboratories to collect evidence as mandated under the new criminal laws” and if any steps were taken to enhance forensic capabilities under the Nirbhaya Fund. The question had been listed as the second starred question for the day.After taking up the first question for the day, question number 106, when Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan asked DMK MP Tiruchi Siva for question number 108, Congress MPs objected, questioning why the previous question was withdrawn. “That is the right of the member. I can’t intervene in that,” the Chairman said.With Congress MPs continuing to raise the issue, he said: “Rule 53 permits a member to withdraw any question as he likes. You also can withdraw if you want. I cannot intervene in the rights of any member. You have no right to raise it.”As Congress MPs continued to protest, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju rose from his seat to speak, but the Chairman said: “No need to respond, Hon’ble Minister.” The Congress MPs then walked out of the House.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd