Proceedings in both Houses of Parliament were stalled on Monday as main Opposition BJP mounted pressure on the government to sack Minority Affairs Minister A R Antulay, while the Left parties opposed bills for reforms in the insurance sector, including hiking of FDI.

By forcing repeated adjournments in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, BJP pressed for immediate removal of Antulay for raising doubts over the circumstances that led to the killing of former Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare by Pakistani terrorists in Mumbai attacks.

In the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the government will make a statement on the issue on Tuesday before Parliament adjourns. Describing Antulay's statement as "anti-national" and "ridiculous", M Venkaiah Naidu (BJP) said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should have "fired" him.

Both the Houses saw three adjournments during the day before the presiding officers called it a day sensing the mood of the opposition as slogan-shouting BJP and Shiv Sena members stormed the well in both Houses.

Antulay, who was present in the Lok Sabha, was seen smiling at the opposition members, gesturing them to continue with their protest. At one point, he even displayed the 'thumbs up' sign.

This is for the third consecutive day that the issue rocked Parliament.

The Left on its part lodged strong protest against the government for bringing bills that seek to hike foreign direct investment from 26 percent to 49 percent in the insurance sector and raise the capital of state-owned LIC.

The Left, which has all along been opposing FDI in insurance, also rushed towards the podium protesting against the bill in Rajya Sabha, which witnessed an attempt by a CPI(M) member to snatch the papers from Minister of State for Finance P K Bansal.

The unsavoury incident saw an agitated External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee pushing T K Rangarajan (CPI-M) when he menacingly rushed towards Bansal. BJP made it clear that it was not with the Left on insurance reforms bills, saying it had its "own views" on the issue.

The Lok Sabha saw protest by Left parties which opposed introducing the bill that seeks to raise LIC capital to Rs 100 crore. The bill was introduced after the Left parties, which claimed the legislation was aimed at privatising the sector, lost by 39 to 106 votes during a division.