Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday slammed the government's move to suspend 13 MPs from Parliament, saying they wanted discussion on Lok Sabha security breach and the ruling party at the Centre is "now shooting the messenger"
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
Trinamool Congrees Rajya Sabha member Derek O' Brien has been suspended from participating in the rest of the winter session of parliament for a "gross misconduct" and "defying the Chair" during the proceedings on Thursday morning.
Alleging that the two men with gas canisters who caused a security breach inside Lok Sabha were issued Parliament passes by BJP MP Pratap Simha, Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said that the lawmaker of the ruling party must be expelled as he compromised national security.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday assured Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra that he would look into the listing of her plea against her expulsion from Lok Sabha in a cash-for-query case.
Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra's plea against her expulsion from Lok Sabha in a cash-for-query case was mentioned before the Supreme Court on Wednesday for an urgent hearing.
Omar Abdullah, whose party is a crucial member of the opposition alliance alongside the Trinamool Congress (TMC), said that 'democracy shouldn't be killed in this way'.
Opposition leaders on Friday questioned the Lok Sabha Ethics Panel recommendation for expelling Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and accused BJP-led government of indulging in 'vendetta politics'.
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha over the cash-for-query scandal, dared the Bharatiya Janata Party that she would fight it over the next "30 years, inside and outside Parliament, inside gutter, on streets".
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Locket Chatterjee, while talking about Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's 'cash for query' case on Friday, said that "there should be no politics on the issue of national security".
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that the expulsion of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra from Lok Sabha is against the "natural course of justice".
On a day that the Lok Sabha expelled Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar Mahua Moitra from the house, TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tore into the BJP.