Parliament winter session highlights: 33 Lok Sabha, 45 Rajya Sabha Opposition MPs suspended

A Delhi police team has visited Zari (Bu) in Maharashtra's Latur, which is the native village of Amol Shinde, one of the six persons arrested for alleged involvement in the December 13 Parliament security breach incident, as part of the probe.

The team arrived in the village, located in Chakur tehsil, at around 2pm on Sunday and spoke to Shinde's father Dhanraj and mother Kesharbai, an official said.

The police team wanted to know about Shinde's background and other details but some of the questions could not be understood since the conversation was in Hindi, Kesharbai told reporters.

The Delhi Police on Monday opposed the accused Neelam Azad plea seeking a copy of the FIR in connection with the Parliament Security Breach case and said every information is crucial at this stage of investigation and any leakage can influence the investigation.

Delhi Police said the FIR of the present case is a sealed FIR, being very sensitive in nature. The further investigation of the case is in progress, the accuser is on PC remand and the other accused are still at large.

Therefore, the copy of FIR at this stage of an the accused is on PC remand and her meeting with any person can influence the investigation, said the Delhi Police Public Prosecutor Akhand Pratap Singh.

The Parliament on Monday passed two Bills to extend provisions of the women's reservation law to the legislative assemblies of Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir with the Rajya Sabha clearing them with a voice vote.

The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill were passed amid a din as opposition members demanding that Union Home Minister Amit Shah make a statement in the House on the December 13 Parliament security breach trooped into the well and raised slogans.

The Bills were passed by the Lok Sabha on December 12.

On suspension of Opposition MPs, TMC MP Satabdi Roy says, "It is obvious that 43 MPs have been suspended to protect one MP. This has never happened before...We will be outside the House from tomorrow...Let's see what further step is taken."

1. Jebi Mather Hisham;

2. L. Hanumanthaiah;

3. Neeraj Dangi;

4. Rajmani Patel;

5. Kumar Ketkar;

6. G. C. Chandrashekhar;

7. Binoy Viswam;

8. Sandosh Kumar P.;

9. M. Mohamed Abdulla;

10.John Brittas

11.A. A. Rahim.

A total of 34 Opposition MPs suspended from the Rajya Sabha today for the remainder of the Session.

1. Pramod Tiwari;

2. Jairam Ramesh

3. Amee Yajnik

4. Naranbhai J. Rathwa

5. Syed Nasir Hussain

6. Phulo Devi Netam

7. Shaktisinh Gohil

8. K.C.Venugopal

9. Rajani Ashokrao Patil

10. Ranjeet Ranjan

11. Imran Pratapgarhi

12. Randeep Singh Surjewala

13. Sukendu Sekhar Ray

14. Mohammed Nadimul Haque

15. Abir Ranjan Biswas

16. Santanu Sen

17. Mausam Noor

18. Prakash Chik Baraik

19. Samirul Islam

20. M. Shanmugam

21. N. R. Elango

22. Kanimozhi NVN Somu

23. R. Girirajan

24. Manoj Kumar Jha

25. Faiyaz Ahmad

26. V. Sivadasan

27. Ram Nath Thakur

28. Aneel Prasad Hegde

29. Vandana Chavan

30. Ram Gopal Yadav

31. Javed Ali Khan

32. Mahua Maji

33. Jose K. Mani

34. Ajit Kumar Bhuyan

On her suspension from Rajya Sabha for the remainder of the Winter Session, Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan says, "BJP government wants the House to function without opposition. They want no opposition MP to be present to ask questions and point out their mistakes...Their only aim is to run the government like Hitler..."

Many members are deliberately ignoring the chair. House is not functioning due to disruption, said Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar during the announcement of suspension of several MPs from the House for the current session.

Oppn leaders are suspended when they put forth their views, but it's all good for BJP members: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on suspension of MPs.

Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha was adjourned to meet at 11am tomorrow.

45 Oppn MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 4:30pm.

MPs suspended from Lok Sabha on Monday

1. Kalyan Banerjee - TMC

2. A. Raja-DMK

3. Dayanidhi Maran - DMK

4. Aparupa Poddar - TMC

5. Prasun Banerjee - TMC

6. E. T. Mohammed Basheer - IUML

7. Ganesan Selvam - DMK

8. C. N. Annadurai - DMK

9. Adhir Ranjan Choudhary - INC

10. T. Sumathy - DMK

11. Kani K. Navas - IUML

12. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy - DMK

13. N. K. Premachandran - RSP

14. Sougata Ray - TMC

15. Satabdi Roy - TMC

16. Asit Kumar Mal - TMC

17. Kaushalendra Kumar -JDU

18. Anto Antony - INC

19. S. S. Palanimanickam - DMK

20. Pratima Mondal - TMC

21. Kakoli Ghosh - TMC

22. K Muraleedharan - INC

23. Sunil Mondal - TMC

24. Ramalingam Sellaperumal-DMK

25. Kodikunnel Suresh-INC

26. Amar Singh - INC

27. Rajmohan Unnithan - INC

28. Su. Thirunavukkarasar-INC

29. T. R. Baalu - DMK

30. Gaurav Gogoi-INC

31. Vijaykumar Vasanth - INC

32. Dr. K. Jayakumar - INC

33. Abdul Khaleque - INC

LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said: “First, intruders attacked Parliament.

Then Modi Govt attacking Parliament & Democracy

All Democratic norms are being thrown into the dustbin by an autocratic Modi Govt by suspending 47 MPs.

We have two simple and genuine demands -

1. The Union Home Minister should make a statement in both Houses of Parliament on the inexcusable breach in the Parliament security.

2. A detailed discussion should be held on the same.

PM can give an interview to a newspaper;

Home Minister can give interviews to TV channels.

But, they have ZERO accountability left to the Parliament - which represents the PEOPLE OF INDIA !

With an Opposition-Less Parliament, the Modi Govt can now bulldoze important pending legislations, crush any dissent, without any debate.”

Thirty-three opposition members were suspended from the Lok Sabha on Monday, including Congress leader in the House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, DMK MPs T R Baalu and Dayanidhi Maran, and TMC's Saugata Roy for disrupting the proceedings.

While 30 of them were suspended for the remainder of the Winter Session, three were suspended pending the report of the Privileges Committee.

The three -- K Jayakumar, Vijay Vasanth and Abdul Khaleque -- had climbed on the Speaker's podium to raise slogans.

Lok Sabha suspends 30 opposition members, including Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from House for remainder of Winter Session.

Lok Sabha adjourned till 3pm.

Before being adjourned, Rajya Sabha passes The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 passed in Rajya Sabha before adjournment.

Lok Sabha adjiurned till 2:45pm, Rajya Sabha till 4pm.

Discussion on the Post Office Bill, 2023 continues in Lok Sabha.

MoS Nityanand Rai moves the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2023 for consideration and passing in Rajya Sabha.

"It was a big security lapse and intelligence failure...People want to know how it happened...The people of the country are watching. Those who asked questions were suspended. This is not a good sign for democracy," Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal said.

“The Home Minister speaks on some channel while the Prime Minister talks to some newspaper. The incident (security breach) happened inside the Parliament but they don't speak there,” Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said.