Supriya Sule (NCP): Was present in the House in the morning. Had one starred question on Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF). She had sought to know whether only Rs 700 crore was disbursed against an allocation of Rs 4,670 crore for the year 2007-08. Sule had come prepared with a lot of clippings and research on the subject to raise supplementary questions and was disappointed when the House was adjourned. She left for Mumbai after knowing about her son's fever.

Kanimozhi (DMK): She was present in the House at 11 am, but did not return later, when it reconvened at 12 noon after adjournment.

Jay Panda (BJD): Had come to the House but left immediately after the adjournment. Left for Bhubaneswar in the evening. He had a starred question on whether there is any proposal to install a satellite-based system to help fishermen in distress in the sea.

Lok Sabha

Rahul Gandhi (Congress): In the capital, but stayed away from the House. Was not seen at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting either, held before the House assembled.

Milind Deora (Congress): Drove in to the Parliament House around 11.45, long after the first adjournment of the Lok Sabha. Did not show up in the House after the House re-assembled at noon and later at 2 pm.

Jyotiraditya Scindia (Congress): In Delhi, but kept away from the House.

Sachin Pilot (Congress): Away from Parliament. Learnt to be busy campaigning for the Khargone (Madhya Pradesh) Lok Sabha byelection.

Jitin PrasadA (Congress): Away to South Africa on a personal trip. His sister has created a website on Mahatma Gandhi’s relevance in modern times and Desmond Tutu launched it at the Indian High Commission in Cape Town.

Deepender Hooda (Congress): Present in the House. During the brief spells when the House assembled, he was seen engaged in conversation with party colleague Sandeep Dikshit. Was seen waving his hand to register his rejection of “Jai Shri Ram” chorus of BJP members.

Sandeep Dikshit (Congress):

Present in the House. Watched the ruckus without contributing to it. Post-lunch, shared his thoughts on the plight of senior citizens with a group of reporters in the wake of the Senior Citizens Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha today. He narrated the story of an old couple, who had been abandoned by their son after he got a job in an airline.

Manvendra Singh (BJP): Went to the Parliament, but was not spotted in the House. Later, he was reported to have gone to visit some relatives.

Dushyant Singh (BJP): Followed suit when other BJP members got up to match slogan-shouting by Samajwadi Party members. However, he did not join the chorus.

Mehbooba Mufti (PDP): Present. As the House witnessed chaos, she was seen walking up to Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and Tourism Minister Ambika Soni and conversing with them.

Omar Abdullah (National Conference):

Absent. Away to Jammu.

Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi Party):

Not present. Was reportedly at his native village, Saifai. Later, he left for Lucknow.

Sukhbir Singh Badal (Akali Dal): Missing from the House. Has been in Punjab since December 1.

Shamik Lahiri(CPI-M): Was shouting full-throated slogans during the ruckus.