New Delhi: As the Opposition continues to spar with the Narendra Modi government demanding answers on the recent Lok Sabha security breach, more Opposition MPs from Lok Sabha were suspended for the remaining Winter Session of Parliament for ”unruly behaviour, irresponsible conduct and disregard to the chair.’
‘ Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal proposed to suspend more Opposition MPs including Supriya Sule, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, Md Faisal, Karti Chidambaram, Sudip Bandhopadhyay, Dimple Yadav and Danish Ali. A total of 141 Opposition MPs have been suspended from both houses of Parliament for unruly behaviour.
Reacting to the suspension of 49 more MPs from Lok Sabha, including his own, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, “…It is clear that they want an Opposition-Mukt Lok Sabha and they will do something similar in Rajya Sabha. At this point, unfortunately, we have to start writing obituaries for Parliamentary democracy in India…Today, in solidarity with my colleagues, I too joined the protest and everyone present there has been suspended for the rest of the session which means they want to pass their Bills without any discussion. I think it is a betrayal of Parliamentary democracy…”