15 Opposition MPs Suspended From Lok Sabha For Disrupting House Proceedings

Lok Sabha today passed a resolution suspending five Congress MPs for rest of the session.

New Delhi:

The Lok Sabha today passed a resolution suspending 15 Opposition MPs for the remainder of the session after being named by the Speaker for disrupting House proceedings. Of the 15 suspended, at least five MPs are from the Congress.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore and DMK MP Kanimozhi are among the suspended parliamentarians.

Earlier in the day, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved a resolution to suspend five Congress MPs.

“I move the following that this House having taken misconduct of TN Prathapan, Hibi Eden, Jothimani, Ramya Haridas, and Dean Kuriakose Kuryakus in utter disregard to the House and the authority of this Chair and having been named by the chair… to be suspended from the service of the House for reminder session,” the resolution read.

B Mahtab was chairing the proceedings.