Guwahati: Three more lawmakers, including independent Ajit Kumar Bhuyan have been expelled from the Rajya Sabha on Thursday for the balance of this week on suspicion of interfering with the House’s business.
Sushil Kumar Gupta and Sandeep Kumar Pathak, both members of the AAP, were the other lawmakers that were expelled from the House.
With this action, there are now a total of 23 MPs who have been expelled from the Rajya Sabha since Tuesday.
Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh announced that they were suspended because they disrupted the proceedings by entering the House’s well, shouting slogans, and holding placards while showing complete contempt for the House and the Chair’s authority.
They were “suspended from the service of the Council for the balance of the current week under rule 256,” the chair declared.
Sanjay Singh, an AAP member, was expelled from the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday for the duration of this week for “throwing paper on the Chair” during the House’s business on Tuesday.
A total of 19 Opposition MPs were suspended from the Upper House for the remainder of this week for repeatedly disrupting proceedings. This was the highest number of single-batch suspensions in the Upper House. In November last year, 12 Opposition MPs were suspended for the entire Winter Session for the ruckus they had created during the Monsoon Session over the farm bills.
Seven of the 19 suspended members are TMC members, while six DMK MPs, three TRS, two CPM, and one CPI are also suspended.
TMC’s Sushmita Dev, Mausam Noor, Shanta Chhetri, Dola Sen, Santanu Sen, Abir Ranjan Biswar, Md. Nadimul Haque; DMK’s Kanimozhi NVN Somu, M Hamamed Abdulla, S Kalyanasundaram, R Girranjan, NR Elango, M Shanmugam, M Shanmugam; TRS’s B Lingaiah Yadav, Ravihandra Vaddiraju, Damodar Rao Divakonda; CPI(M)’s A.A. Rahim, V Sivadasan; and CPI’s Sandosh Kumar P.
A total of 27 MPs, including 23 Rajya Sabha MPs and 4 Lok Sabha MPs, have been suspended during the current Monsoon session of Parliament.