New Delhi, Aug 3 - Both houses of parliament were adjourned Monday with noisy protests over the government's plan to set up a separate development authority for the drought-hit Bundelkhand region that spans Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

The Left parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) joined hands to oppose the Congress move to set up a separate Bundelkhand Development Authority for the backward region. Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 12 noon over the protests.

A unilateral decision could not be taken on setting up a Bundelkhand authority without consulting the Madhya Pradesh and the Uttar Pradesh governments, the parties said. While Madhya Pradesh is ruled by the BJP, Uttar Pradesh is governed by the BSP.

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said in the Lok Sabha that the union government had not released a single paisa for the development of Bundelkhand region.

Speaker Meira Kumar's repeated attempts to pacify the members were futile. Parliamentary Affairs Minister P.K. Bansal said the government would come up with a statement on the issue, but that too did not yield results with the MPs demanding suspension of question hour and an immediate discussion.

When the din continued, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon.