AAP's Sanjay Singh Suspended From Parliament's Monsoon Session Over Manipur Protest

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday suspended AAP MP Sanjay Singh for the remaining duration of the Monsoon session during the Opposition's protest in the House over the Manipur issue.

Leader of the House Piyush Goyal moved the motion to suspend him, which was adopted by the House by voice vote.

Amid uproar by opposition members, the chairman announced that the Question Hour will be taken up. The Question Hour continued for a few minutes amid the din, when Singh moved into the well and pointed out at the chairman.

He was first asked to go back to his seat. When he did not, Dhankhar said, "I name Sanjay Singh". Soon, Goyal got up and said he wanted to move a motion to suspend Singh.

"This kind of behaviour ....and disturbing the House is completely against the ethics and rules of the House. The government wants to move a motion to suspend Sanjay Singh," Goyal said, urging the chair to take action against Singh.

As soon as the chair allowed Goyal to move the motion, he said, "I move the motion that Sanjay Singh, who has been named by the chair, be hereby suspended from the rest of the duration of the session until the last day of this current session."

The chairman said, "The motion is that Sanjay Singh is suspended for the entire duration of this session having repeatedly violated the directives of the chair" and asked the House if it approved it. The House approved the motion by raising hands and with voice vote.

"Sanjay Singh is suspended as a member during the entire session of this House," the chairman announced.

Reacting to AAP MP Sanjay Singh's suspension for the remaining duration of the Monsoon session, Delhi Minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj said, "If Sanjay Singh is suspended for raising his voice for the truth, then we will not be upset. Our legal team will look into this matter, but this is unfortunate".