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49 more Oppn MPs suspended from Lok Sabha; Congress says ‘Namocracy in all its tyranny’
The MPs suspended on Tuesday include National Conference's Farooq Abdullah and Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari.
As many as 49 more opposition members were suspended from Lok Sabha Tuesday for the remainder of the winter session of Parliament on charges of ‘serious misconduct’. Among those suspended include Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari, and Karti Chidambaram, NCP leader Supriya Sule, Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav, and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah.
The action came after the House faced adjournments, with opposition members raising slogans and displaying placards over their demands. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal brought the motion to suspend the members.
A total of 141 opposition MPs have so far been suspended from their respective houses till at least the end of the winter session for continuing to press for statements from the Prime Minister and the home minister, and a discussion, on the breach of Parliament security last week.
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Reacting to the latest rash of suspensions, Congress general secretary incharge of communications, Jairam Ramesh claimed that the “complete purge” is executed to bulldoze “draconian bills” without any meaningful debate and let the BJP MP who facilitated the intruders into the Lok Sabha go scot-free.
“The new Parliament reflects Namocracy in all its tyranny,” Ramesh said in a social media post on X.
The government is keen to pass the new criminal code bills, and this will likely happen on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Taking a swipe at the Modi government, TMC leader Mahua Moitra, already expelled from the House in a cash-for-query case, posted, “Next Adani Annual Shareholders meeting to be held in Lok Sabha Chamber.”
AAP Lok Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Rinku said, “Those speaking the truth and asking questions have been suspended from the House today. The public is seeing the kind of dirty politics happening in the Parliament.”
