The Lok Sabha on Thursday handed a decision suspending 5 Congress MPs for the rest of the session after being named by the Speaker for disrupting House proceedings. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved a decision amid the din to droop the 5.
“I move the following that this House having taken misconduct of TN Prathapan, Hibi Eden, Jothimani, Ramya Haridas and Dean Kuriakose in utter disregard to the House and the authority of this Chair and having been named by the chair to be suspended from the service of the House for reminder session,” the decision learn.
Bhartruhari Mahtab who was chairing the proceedings suspended TN Prathapan, Hibi Eden, S Jothimani, Ramya Haridas and Dean Kuriakose for the remainder of the session.
Who are these 5 Congress MPs?
Four Congress MPs belong to Kerala whereas Jothimani is from Tamil Nadu. TN Prathapan received the 2019 Lok Sabha Election from Kerala’s Thrissur constituency by defeating Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate Rajaji Mathew Thomas with a margin of 93,633 votes. Hibi Eden is representing the Ernakulam constituency within the Lok Sabha. Eden received the 2019 election by defeating Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate P Rajeev with a margin of 1,69,153 votes.
S Jothimani received the 2019 Lok Sabha Election from Tamil Nadu’s Karur by defeating All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) veteran M Thambidurai with a large margin of 4,20,546 votes.
Derek O’Brien suspended
Earlier within the day, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien was suspended from taking part within the remaining classes of the winter parliamentary session, scheduled to run till December 22. The suspension comes within the wake of what has been termed “gross misconduct” and “defying the Chair” throughout Thursday morning’s proceedings.
Rajya Sabha proceedings had been on Thursday adjourned twice throughout the pre-lunch interval amid protests by opposition MPs after TMC chief Derek O’Brien was suspended. The movement to droop O’Brien for the rest of the session was adopted with a voice vote and the chairman introduced that the TMC MP stands suspended from the House.
