- Monday, February 24, 2025
The MPs suspended on Tuesday include National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Indian National Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and Karti Chidambaram and Samajwadi Party’s Dimple Yadav.
By: Shubham Ghosh
AS many as 49 parliamentarians in the Lok Sabha or Lower House of the Indian parliament were suspended from the House for disrupting proceedings on Tuesday (19), a day after 78 opposition members were shown the door. The action taken on Tuesday has brought the overall number of suspended opposition MPs from both houses to 141 since last Thursday (14).
The MPs suspended on Tuesday include National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Indian National Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and Karti Chidambaram and Samajwadi Party’s Dimple Yadav.
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Among the other MPs suspended from the Lok Sabha included Supriya Sule of the Nationalist Congress Party, S Jagathrakshakan and DNV Senthil Kumar of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Giridhari Yadav of the Janata Dal (United), Danish Ali who has been suspended from the Bahujan Samaj Party and Sushil Kumar Rinku of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi, while moving a motion for the suspension of the MPs, accused the protesting members of being “frustrated” over the recent assembly election results.
“INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc MPs have been demanding a statement from home minister Amit Shah on the security breach in Parliament on December 13. They had agreed not to bring placards. They are frustrated with their loss, so taking such steps. These people will not come back in the House next time if this behaviour continues,” Joshi said.
“They are insulting the chair and the people of India by bringing placards,” he said.
As protests continued, the House was adjourned till 2 pm. In an unprecedented move, 78 opposition MPs were suspended from the parliament on Monday, the highest number of suspensions in a single day, drawing sharp criticism from the Congress and other parties that accused the BJP government of trying to bulldoze key legislations in an “Opposition-less” Parliament. An additional 49 Lok Sabha members were suspended on Tuesday for disrupting House proceedings.
INDIA bloc MPs have been demanding a statement from Shah on the security breach in Parliament on December 13.
