Speaker Kumar asked the members to let the house run and then briefly continued with the day's business, including the introduction of three major legislations - the Companies Bill, Indian Trust (Amendment) Bill and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (Amendment) Bill.

But she was subsequently forced to adjourn the house as Samajwadi Party members trooped into the well raising slogans against the government.

'There has been no discrimination against Uttar Pradesh,' Minister Deora said in the statement, ading that the state-run power utility NTPC had been allocated 450,000 units of gas per day for its Dadri unit.

In the case of Anil Ambani's company, however, he said that the case was considered by an empowered group of ministers led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. 'This plant is neither installed nor functional,' he added.

'The intention of the government is very clear. We will allocate gas to Dadri plant subject to availability and that Dadri plant will be treated on the same footing as other similar plants placed under similar circumstances.'

The fields belonging to Reliance Industries in the Krishna-Godavari basin were producing 31 million units per day and within a year, it would go up to 81 million units, the minister told the house.