Last Updated on September 22, 2020 1:19 am by INDIAN AWAAZ
Staff Reporter / AMN / NEW DELHI
The eight opposition Rajya Sabha MPs, who have been suspended over the ruckus on Sunday, are holding a sit-in protest near the Gandhi statue in Parliament. Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the fifth time, on Monday due to incessant protests against the suspension of the MPs.
Carrying bedsheets, pillows and blankets at the protest site, the eight MPs shouted slogans and even broke into songs as they protested in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament complex. “We will not budge,” they asserted. “Suspension won’t silence us. We will stand with farmers in their fight. The (Rajya Sabha) deputy chairman throttled parliamentary procedures yesterday,” said an agitating MP
Despite several requests, the suspended MPs refused to leave the premises, thereby halting further proceedings inside the House. The opposition parties are likely to meet the President in this regard.
Ealier Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu suspended eight members from the House for the remaining part of Monsoon Session for their ‘unruly behaviour’ during the passage of two bills relating to the farming sector on Sunday.
They are Rajiv Satav, Ripun Bora and Nazeer Hussain–all Congress, Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen, both Trinamool Congress, K.K. Ragesh and Elamaram Kareem, both CPI-M and Sanjay Singh of Aam Aadmi Party.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, V. Muraleedharan moved the motion to suspend these members for creating ruckus and disrespecting the Chair by their unruly behaviour.
The motion was accepted with voice vote and thereafter Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu announced the names of the suspended members in the House.
Mr. Naidu also condemned yesterday’s incident terming it unacceptable and condemnable. He also said that the incident has tarnished the image of the Upper House and it was a bad day.
Mr. Naidu also said some members used un-parliamentary language and threatened Deputy Chairman Harivansh, who was conducting the House proceedings.
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