India, Dec. 11 -- Opposition parties led by the Congress on Wednesday staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha after a BJP MP withdrew, without explanation, a question he had posed to Home Minister Amit Shah on enhancing forensic capabilities in the country.

BJP MP Adiya Prasad had put a question to the Home Minister, which was admitted as a Starred Question, which requires ministers to give an answer orally and allows immediate follow-up (supplementary) questions.

According to the Question List available on the Rajya Sabha website, Prasad's question was number two in the sequence for the Question Hour on Wednesday. However, a correction note said the question may be treated as "withdrawn".

When Chairman CP Radhakrishnan skipped the questio...