The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a resolution suspending five members of parliament belonging to the Congress party for displaying "utter disregard to the chair's directions". The opposition is up in arms over Wednesday's Lok Sabha security breach and has been demanding a statement from union home minister Amit Shah. The suspended MPs are: TN Prathapan, Hibi Eden, Dean Kuriakose, Jothi Mani and Ramya Haridas.
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After the action, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 3 pm as the Opposition demanded the resignation of Shah in the wake of the security breach.
"With your permission, I move the following: That this house has taken a serious note of the conduct of TN Prathapan, Hibi Eden, S Jothimani, Ramya Haridas and Dean Kuriakos in utter disregard of the house of the chair. The above mentioned members should be suspended from the service of the house for the remainder of the session," said Pralhad Joshi, the union minister of parliamentary affairs, amid sloganeering by the opposition MPs.
B Mahtab was chairing the proceedings.
The move comes hours after TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien was suspended for “unruly” conduct in the house.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar suspended the TMC MP for the remainder of the session after the Leader of the House Piyush Goyal moved a motion in this regard.
TMC MP Dola Sen later slammed the action against Derek O'Brien.
"This is about national security, it is our duty as opposition to raise the issue. If the Home Minister would have made a statement in the House, this situation would not have arisen. It is our right at opposition to raise the issue, so we went to the Well and raised slogans. If they want to suspend us for that they can do it," she said.
"What did he say? He wanted to raise the issue of security breach. If opposition leader has to be suspended for demanding a statement they can do it, we will not be quiet," she added.
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Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said the Chairman should reconsider his decision.
"If MPs don't raise their voice, what is the point? Two people, who came through a BJP MP, breached the security of the temple of democracy. Whether it was smoke bomb or colour bomb... a bomb reached the House," said Tiwari.
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