New Delhi: The 12 members of Parliament (MPs) from the opposition parties, who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the rest of the winter session on Monday, will hold a sit on protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi’s statue from tomorrow. The decision was made at a meeting held in the chamber of leader of the opposition. The suspended members include six from Congress, two each from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Shiv Sena and one each from CPM and CPI.
Soon after the House assembled for the day, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge read a submission requesting the Rajya Sabha Chairman to revoke the suspension of 12 MPs from the House for the entire winter session. He also pointed out that he was not allowed to raise a point of order and it is a gross violation of the rule. He also said that the members should be named before issuing suspension orders against them.
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But Naidu rejected the request for revocation of suspension. The 12 MPs were suspended on account of ‘unruly and violent behaviour’ during the monsoon session of Parliament. Following this, the opposition leaders held a protest at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament. The opposition boycotted the Lok Sabha proceedings for the remaining day in protest against the suspension. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted his protest and said that the opposition MPs will not ‘apologise’ as they were raising people’s issues in Parliament. ‘Why apologize? To raise people’s issues in Parliament? No, not at all!’ Gandhi tweeted.
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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 30, 2021
The suspended MPs are Elamaram Kareem (CPM), Phulo Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, R Bora, Rajamani Patel, Syed Nasir Hussain and Akhilesh Prasad Singh of the Congress, Binoy Viswam of CPI, Dola Sen and Shanta Chhetri of Trinamool Congress, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Anil Desai of Shiv Sena.
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