Six Congress MPs suspended from Lok Sabha
They did not stop despite her repeated requests to them to return to their seats and instead, indulged in the improper conduct, she said, while adjourning the House till 2.30pm.
Six members of the Congress were suspended from the Lok Sabha for five days by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Monday on the ground of "highly unbecoming" conduct during their protests over the lynching issue that "undermined the Chair's dignity".
Mahajan announced her order as soon as the House met at 2pm following an adjournment. She said she was constrained to name Gaurav Gogoi, K Suresh, Adhir Rajan Chowdhury, Ranjeet Ranjan, Sushmita Dev and MK Raghavan for their improper behaviour.
In her order, she said all these members had torn official papers and thrown it towards the Chair, prompting members of the treasury benches to shout "shame, shame".
Some of these members had picked up papers from the Lok Sabha secretariat staffers' table and had torn and thrown them, Mahajan said.
She said all this had happened despite she agreeing to a discussion on the issue of alleged atrocities against Dalits and Muslims.
Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and a few other members had raised the issue of atrocities and she had allowed them to speak, Mahajan said.
Parliamentary
affairs
minister
Ananth
Kumar
had
also
agreed
to
a
discussion
on
the
issue,
but
despite
that
many
members
stormed
the
Well,
she
said
while
pronouncing
the
order.
They
did
not
stop
despite
her
repeated
requests
to
them
to
return
to
their
seats
and
instead,
indulged
in
the
improper
conduct,
she
said,
while
adjourning
the
House
till
2.30pm.
As she pronounced their suspension, many Congress members again trooped into the Well, with KC Venugopal being heard telling her that she should suspend all Congress members.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi was also present in the House. When the House reassembled at 2.30pm, Congress members were joined by the Left in protesting against the suspension, prompting deputy speaker M Thambi Durai to adjourn the House for the day.
OneIndia News
Read in Telugu: లోకసభలో గందరగోళం: ఆరుగురు కాంగ్రెస్ ఎంపీల సస్పెండ్