New Delhi: As the Opposition continues to spar with the Narendra Modi authorities demanding solutions on the latest Lok Sabha safety breach, extra Opposition MPs from Lok Sabha have been suspended for the remaining Winter Session of Parliament for ”unruly behaviour, irresponsible conduct and disrespect to the chiar.”
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal proposed to droop extra Opposition MPs together with Supriya Sule, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, Md Faisal, Karti Chidambaram, Sudip Bandhopadhyay, Dimple Yadav and Danish Ali. A complete of 141 Opposition MPs have been suspended from each homes of Parliament for unruly behaviour.
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Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in Lok Sabha proposes to droop extra Opposition MPs together with Supriya Sule, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, Md Faisal, Karti Chidambaram, Sudip Bandhopadhyay, Dimple Yadav and Danish Ali pic.twitter.com/vHlNsMh2Oh
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The newest suspension comes a day after 78 opposition MPs have been suspended for the rest of the continuing ‘Winter Session’, for elevating a ruckus and disrupting proceedings in each Houses on Monday to push for his or her demand for an announcement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the Parliament safety breach incident.
A complete of 78 MPs – 33 from Lok Sabha and 45 from Rajya Sabha – have been suspended on Monday, following a ruckus over the demand by the Opposition for an announcement from Union Minister Amit Shah on the Parliament safety breach incident, taking the overall variety of lawmakers suspended for the rest of the continuing Winter Session to 92 on Monday.
While 34 opposition Rajya Sabha MPs, together with Congress’ Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala have been suspended for the rest of the ‘Winter Session’, the ‘misconduct’ of 11 others was additionally referred to the Privileges Committee, which has been requested to present its report in three months.
The members will stay suspended until a report is submitted by the panel. The motive for the suspension of opposition MPs for the remainder of the Winter Session was cited to be ‘misconduct’ and failure to stick to the instructions of the Chair.
Meanwhile, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance MPs staged an enormous protest exterior the Gandhi statue in Parliament over the safety breach concern. Following the suspensions on Monday, Opposition MPs lashed out on the BJP-led Centre, terming it ‘autocratic’. Kharge stated, “democratic norms are being thrown into the dustbin by an autocratic Modi government by suspending 47 MPs”.
“With an Opposition-Less Parliament, the Modi government can now bulldoze important pending legislations, crush any dissent, without any debate,” the Congress nationwide president posted on X. He added that the Opposition’s calls for embrace an announcement from Shah on the safety breach and a dialogue in each Houses.
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