New Delhi, March 18 -- The violence in Nagpur has reached the Parliament, with Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury giving a suspension notice in Rajya Sabha over the "complete breakdown of communal harmony and law and order" in the Maharashtra district.

"That this house do suspend zero hour and relevant rules relating Question Hour and other scheduled business to deliberate on the complete breakdown of communal harmony and law and order in Nagpur, Maharashtra. In its 300 years of dynamic existence, Nagpur has never experienced riots," read the notice by Congress party's Rajya Sabha member Renuka Chowdhury.

Several houses, vehicles and a clinic have been vandalised in violence in Nagpur following rumours that the holy book of a community wa...