Coming out in support of TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien after he was suspended from the Upper House for the remainder of the ongoing Winter Session for 'unruly behaviour', fellow party MP Dola Sen said he did nothing wrong.
The Additional Sessions Judge Dr Hardeep Kaur on Thursday allowed all four accused Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Amol Dhanraj Shinde and Neelam Devi to Mumbai, Mysore, and Lucknow to probe and find actual motives behind their act.
After the suspension of several MPs from both Houses for raising a ruckus on the major security breach in Parliament on Wednesday, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday clarified that one member was mistakenly included in the list of MPs suspended.
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While Opposition members raised a ruckus in both Houses of the Parliament over the massive security breach on Wednesday, Delhi Police claimed a "well-planned conspiracy" behind the incident on Thursday.
Congress national president and the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Thursday wrote to the chairman of the Upper House, Jagdeep Dhankhar, over the major security breach in the new Parliament complex on Wednesday.
Four persons arrested in connection with the security breach in Parliament have taken common responsibility for the incident and are reportedly said to have been giving "rote answers" to the investigation team of the cell in the matter, police sources said on Thursday.
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed a motion against suspended TMC MP Derek O'Brien, refering his conduct to the Committee of Privileges for examination, investigation and report within three months.
After five Congress Lok Sabha members were suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of winter session earlier in the day on Thursday, nine more opposition MPs were suspended from the House for the same period for "unruly conduct".
Reacting to the Parliament Security breach incident, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said that the Centre talks a lot about the nation's might in security but in reality, it has become hollow from the inside.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday asked Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien to withdraw from the House as he had been named, terming his continued presence "outrageous defiance" of his directions and rules
Mother of Neelam, a female accused in Parliament security breach incident, said that her daughter was arrested while she was just raising slogans and nothing else and demanded an employment opportunity for her.