Three Congress MPs were suspended from the Lok Sabha on Thursday for the remainder of the Winter session for their “unruly behaviour”.
With the suspension of three Congress MPs, DK Suresh, Deepak Baij, and Nakul Nath from the Lok Sabha, there are now 100 members of the Lower House who have been the target of such action. Pralhad Joshi, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, proposed to suspend DK Suresh, Deepak Baij, and Nakul Nath.
“This House having taken serious note of misconduct of Deepak Baij, DK Suresh, Nakul Nath in utter disregard to the House and authority of the Chair through the display of placards, entering into the Well of the House…may be suspended from the House for the remaining session,” Joshi said.
This brings the total number of members suspended from both houses of the Parliament to 146.
The three suspensions come after the Lok Sabha on Wednesday suspended two more opposition MPs for showing placards in the House.
Thomas Chazhikadan of the Kerala Congress (Mani) and AM Ariff of the CPI(M) were suspended for misconduct after a resolution moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi was adopted by the House.
Earlier a total of 143 MPs — 97 from Lok Sabha and 46 from Rajya Sabha were suspended for creating a ruckus and disrupting proceedings in both Houses, while they were demanding a statement from Union Minister Amit Shah about the Parliament security breach incident.