Conmgress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, told reporters that the suspension of the party’s MPs was a “governme…Read More
NEW DELHI: The tensions in the Lok Sabha came to a head on Thursday with seven Congress MPs being suspended for the remainder of the budget session for “gross misconduct” and disregard of House rules after papers were snatched from the Speaker’s table and proceedings disrupted.
The Congress MPs have been barred from taking part in House proceedings. The two sides repeatedly clashed, with MPs even jostling and pushing each other, over Congress’s demand that the Delhi riots be discussed before any other business was taken up. Tensions seem set to escalate because of indications that the government may press for termination of the membership of Congress’s Gaurav Gogoi, who snatched papers from the Speaker’s table.
The drama unfolded in the morning with senior BJD member Bhartruhari Mahtab in the chair — Speaker Om Birla stayed away for the second day expressing unhappiness over the aggressive behaviour of some opposition MPs — and saw loud sloganeering by Congress MPs in the well.
In the afternoon, soon after the House