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Suspended Opposition MPs Begin Dharna

Suspended Opposition MPs Begin Dharna

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NEW DELHI, Twenty Opposition MPs, who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for disrupting proceedings for the rest of the week started a 50-hour-long protest inside the Parliament complex on Wednesday.

The MPs are holding the relay protest near the Gandhi Statue and will stay at the site through the night, said TMC MP Dola Sen who is one of the suspended parliamentarians.

The 20 MPs suspended over the last two days allegedly for disrupting the House proceedings included seven members from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), six from the DMK, three from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), two from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and one each from the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Also, four Lok Sabha Congress MPs were suspend on Monday for the entire remainder of the current monsoon session due to end on August12.

Meanwhile, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the suspension of Opposition MPs can be revoked by the Chair if they apologise and assure they would not show placards in the House. “Their suspension can be revoked by the Chair if they apologise and assure that they would not again bring the placards in the House,” Joshi said.

“We have been maintaining that the government is ready for discussion on price rise and today Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman resumed her office after recovering from Covid,” Joshi said. If the Opposition wants, “we can start discussion from today,” he further said.

(Manas Dasgupta)

 

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