Twelve members of Parliament (MPs) from the opposition party were suspended from participating in Rajya Sabha during the winter meeting on Monday. They will sit in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi from tomorrow (Wednesday) to protest.
Leaders present at the meeting said that this was decided at a meeting held by the leader of the opposition party and Congressman Mallikarjun Kharge.
Soon after the assembly of the House of Representatives that day, Kharge read out a submission requesting Chairman Rajya Sabha to revoke the House of Representatives suspension of 12 members throughout the winter session.
“I ask you to revoke the suspension of 12 members of the House of Representatives.”
Harger also pointed out that he was not allowed to raise procedural issues, which was a serious violation of the rules. He also said that these members should be named before issuing suspension orders.
But Naidu rejected the request to revoke the suspension. During the parliamentary monsoon session, 12 members were suspended for “unruly and violent behavior.” They include six people from Congress, two each from Trinamur Congress (TMC) and Shiv Sena, and one each from the Republic of Malaysia and the Communist Party of India. Subsequently, opposition leaders staged a protest in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the parliament.
Congress Secretary KC Venugopal told ANI: “We boycotted Lok Sabha’s proceedings for the remaining day to protest the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs.”
At the same time, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that opposition MPs would not “apologize” because they raised people’s issues in the parliament.
“Why should I apologize? Raising people’s questions in Parliament? No, not at all!” Gandhi tweeted.
News Source : Hindustan Times
