Thirty-three Opposition MPs from the Lok Sabha and 45 from the Rajya Sabha were suspended in an unprecedented move on Monday for the remainder of the Winter Session for allegedly disrupting the proceedings of the ouse as they sought discussion on the December 13 Parliament security breach.
This takes the total number of MPs who have been suspended from both the House since December 14 to 92.
The legislators were demanding a discussion on the security breach of Parliament on December 13 when two men had jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors’ gallery and opened gas canisters. Outside Parliament, a man and a woman had opened smoke canisters.
In the latest suspension order, three of the 33 MPs – K Jayakumar, Vijay Vasanth and Abdul Khaleque from the Congress – have been suspended for climbing onto the Speaker’s podium and shouting slogans. The matter was sent to the privilege committee to decide on the duration of their suspension.
The rest of the 30 MPs who have been suspended are Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar, Anto Antony, K Muraleedharan, K Suresh, Amar Singh, Rajmohan Unnithan and Gaurav Gogoi, Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam’s TR Baalu and Dayanidhi Maran, Trinamool Congress’ Saugata Roy, Sunil Kumar Mandal and Prasun Banerjee.
Other MPs include Kalyan Banerjee, Aparupa Poddar, Pratima Mondal, Kakori Ghosh Dastidar, Shatabdi Roy, Asit Kumar Mal, ET Mohammed Basheer and K Navaskani.
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