印度议会休会

 　　印度议会休会

NEW DELHI, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Parliament was adjourned¹ for the second day in a row Tuesday following uproar² by the country's main opposition³ Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the coal scam.

　　Both the Houses of Parliament -- the Lok Sabha (the Lower House) and the Rajya Sabha (the Upper House) had to be adjourned by Speaker Meira Kumar and Chairman Hamid Ansari, also the Indian Vice⁴ President, after the BJP refused to relent over the issue of Prime Minister's resignation for his alleged⁵ role in the allocation of coal blocks to private companies when he held the portfolio⁶ of the Coal Ministry⁷.

　　The uproar came as a parliamentary panel, headed by a Congress Member of Parliament, tabled its report on the coal scam, which the BJP claimed was aimed at hushing up the scam and giving a clean chit to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government.

　　The BJP also demanded the sacking of the Law Minister Ashwani Kumar over his alleged interference in the preparation of the probe report by the country's Central Bureau of Investigation⁸ for submission⁹ to Supreme¹⁰ Court on the coal scam. They were later joined by other opposition parties in both Houses of Parliament.

　　"It is not acceptable that the government suppresses the truth. We demand that the Prime Minister resigns and the Law Minister should be sacked," BJP's deputy leader of Upper House Ravi Shankar Prasad said in Rajya Sabha.

　　However, the government said the demand for the Prime Minister' s resignation was baseless. "There is no basis to BJP's demand for Prime Minister's resignation," Indian Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said.

　　The coal scam allegedly cost the country billions of rupees because it did not follow a transparent¹¹ bidding process when allocation of the coal blocks happened. The government denies any wrongdoing.

　　The Parliament, which reconvened its Budget Session this week, was adjourned Monday following uproar by the BJP over the recent gangrape of a five-year-old girl in the nationa capital.

1 adjourned   

（使）休会， （使）休庭( adjourn的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The court adjourned for lunch. 午餐时间法庭休庭。
• The trial was adjourned following the presentation of new evidence to the court. 新证据呈到庭上后，审讯就宣告暂停。

2 uproar   

n.骚动，喧嚣，鼎沸

参考例句：

• She could hear the uproar in the room.她能听见房间里的吵闹声。
• His remarks threw the audience into an uproar.他的讲话使听众沸腾起来。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

6 portfolio   

n.公事包；文件夹；大臣及部长职位

参考例句：

• He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
• He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

9 submission   

n.服从，投降；温顺，谦虚；提出

参考例句：

• The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.战败将军缴剑表示投降。
• No enemy can frighten us into submission.任何敌人的恐吓都不能使我们屈服。

10 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

11 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。