NEW DELHI: A day after four Congress MPs were suspended from Lok Sabha for ‘disrupting proceedings and unruly behaviour’, 19 Opposition MPs including TMC leaders Sushmita Dev, Santanu Sen and Dola Sen, were suspended from Rajya Sabha on Tuesday for the remaining part of the week for ‘misconduct’.
They were suspended for storming well of the House and sloganeering against the government over inflation. Following the incident, Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day to meet at 11am tomorrow. A total of seven MPs were suspended from the TMC.
The other leaders who were suspended include Mausam Noor (AITC), Shanta Chhetri (AITC), Abhi Ranjan Biswar (AITC), Md Nadimul Hague (AITC), M Hamamed Abdulla (DMK), B Lingaiah Yadav (TRS), A A Rahim (CPI), Ravihandra Vaddiraju (TRS), S Kalyanasundaram (DMK), R Girranjan (DMK).
N R Elango (DMK), V Sivadasan (CPI), M Shanmugam (DMK), Damodar Rao Divakonda (TRS), Sandosh Kumar P (CPI), Kanimozhi, N V N Somu (DMK) were among the other leaders who were suspended from Rajya Sabha.
Speaking to ANI, Derek O’Brien, TMC Rajya Sabha MP said that democracy has been suspended with the suspension of the MPs. “PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have suspended democracy…what are you talking about MPs?” he said.
Earlier today, both Houses of Parliament were adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday amid continuous sloganeering by Opposition members, on the seventh day of the Monsoon session.
Earlier, Rajya Sabha was also adjourned twice during the day. The Upper House was adjourned till 12.20 pm amid ruckus by Opposition MPs. Earlier, it was adjourned till 12 noon soon after the Opposition parties raised issues including over a dozen deaths in Gujarat’s Botad district due to consumption of illicit or toxic liquor.
On Monday, four Congress MPs including Manickam Tagore, Ramya Haridas, Jothimani and T N Prathapan were suspended from the Lok Sabha for the entire Monsoon session for their ‘unruly behaviour and disrupting proceedings.’ The MPs were suspended according to Rule 374 on ‘unruly and disrespectful behaviour towards the Chair. (ANI)