Centre suspended 12 MPs who created ruckus in Parliament during Monsoon session
- In Reports
- 05:40 PM, Nov 29, 2021
- Myind Staff
The Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended 12 of its members, including Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi and Trinamool MP Dola Sen, for the remaining part of the current session.
Apart from Priyanka Chaturvedi and Dona Sen, MPs who have been suspended on Monday are Elamaram Kareem (CPM), Congress's Phulo Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, R Bora, Rajamani Patel, Syed Nasir Hussain, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, CPI's Binoy Viswam, TMC's Shanta Chhetri and Shiv Sena's Anil Desai.
The government's report on the ruckus states that a male marshal was choked by CPM MP Elamaran Kareem while a female marshal of the Rajya Sabha was assaulted by Chhaya Verma and Phulo Devi Netam, Congress MPs.
The report was submitted to the Rajya Sabha chairman after the House was suspended for the season.
The suspension notice issued on the first day of the Winter Session said, “That this House takes cognisance and strongly condemns the utter disregard to the authority of the Chai, complete abuse of rules of the House persistently thereby wilfully obstructing the business of House through their unprecedented acts of misconduct, contemptuous, unruly and violent behaviour and intentional attacks on security personnel on the last day of 254th Session of Rajya Sabha (Monsoon Session) i.e., 11th August 2021 thereby lowering the dignity of and bringing disrepute to the August House by the following members and resolves, for above compelling reasons, to suspend these members from the service of the House for the remainder of the 255th session under rule 256 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha.”
In a response to this suspensions, Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday said, “From district court to Supreme Court, an accused is heard even there, lawyers are provided for them too, sometimes government officials are sent to take their version. Here, our version wasn't taken. If you see the CCTV footage, it has been recorded how male marshals were jostling female MPs. All of this on one side and your decision on the other? What kind of unparliamentary behaviour is this?"
Terming the suspension as unfair and unjust, Congress MP Chhaya Verma said there were members from other parties too who created the ruckus but have not been suspended. “PM Modi is doing just as he wishes since he enjoys a brute majority,” the Congress MP said.
Since the commencement of the Monsoon Session on July 19, Parliament was marked by sloganeering, leaders rushing to the Well of the House with placards, tearing of papers, and repeated adjournments.
On August 11, several Opposition MPs climbed on the officials' table, waved black cloth and threw files when the House began a discussion on farmers' protest against new reform laws. Many stood on the table where the parliamentary staff sits right below the chair, while others crowded around it shouting anti-government slogans.
However, the opposition alleged that marshals had manhandled two women MPs. But the Union government rubbished these allegations and demanded strict action against MPs who purportedly indulged in hooliganism.
In this regard, a memorandum was handed over on August 15 to Vice President Venkaiah Naidu by some Union Ministers that includes - Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupender Yadav, Arjun Ram Meghwal and V Muraleedharan.
Piyush Goyal had also accused Opposition MPs of disrespecting Parliament by standing on tables, breaking glasses and manhandling women marshals.
The opposition blamed the stubborn attitude of ruling party and insisted to discuss the Pegasus 'snooping' row followed by the farm laws and inflation. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourned sine dine two days ahead of schedule owing to the obstructionism of the opposition.
Both sides demanded inquiry with the Opposition alleging that “outsiders” were brought into the Parliament to “thrash” MPs on August 12. However, Union Minister Piyush Goyal refuted these allegations and said no outsider was brought in when a scuffle broke out in Rajya Sabha.
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