Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday attacked the opposition members for ruckus in the Lok Sabha, saying they were "frustrated" over results in recent assembly polls and accused them of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday took exception to Trinamool Congress' suspended MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking him during a protest in Parliament premises saying that the mimicry is 'ridiculous' and 'unacceptable'.
Suspended members belonging to the INDIA bloc alliance hit out at the BJP-led Centre, terming their suspension as the "ultimate failure" of the government and "anarchy" inside the Parliament while claiming that the ruling government is aiming at an "Opposition-mukt" Lok Sabha.
Forty-nine opposition MPs, including Farooq Abdullah, Supriya Sule, Dimple Yadav and Shashi Tharoor, were on Tuesday suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of the winter session, a day after 33 MPs were suspended from the House for "misconduct".
Within minutes the proceedings reconvened after being adjourned till noon, Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12.30 pm on Tuesday amid sloganeering from the opposition members.
Barely minutes into the resumption of proceedings on Tuesday, both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon following a ruckus by Opposition MPs over the Parliament security breach incident and the bulk suspensions of the fellow members.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon on Tuesday due to disruptions in the House due to a protest by the Opposition MPs showcasing their objection to the suspension of their 45 colleagues on Monday.
A total of 78 MPs -- 33 from Lok Sabha and 45 from Rajya Sabha -- were suspended on Monday, following a ruckus over the demand by the Opposition for a statement from Shah on the December 13 incident.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday moved an Adjournment Motion notice to discuss the Parliament security breach incident, which has been a key reason for repeated disruptions of House proceedings since it happened.
After unprecedented and uproarious scenes on Monday in Parliament over the December 13 security breach, eventually resulting in the suspension of 78 MPs, the largest single-day purge in Indian parliamentary history combined with the 13 members removed earlier, both the Houses are likely t
Members of Parliament of INDIA bloc parties, including those suspended, will stage a protest in front of the Gandhi statue on Parliament premises on Tuesday morning over their bulk suspension and the 'security breach' incident.