Opposition parties created a ruckus in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Thursday (14 December) over the issue of lapse in security of Parliament and demanded a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah. Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha Speaker has suspended Congress members TN Prathapan, Hibi Eden, Jothimani, Ramya Haridas and Dean Kuriakose for the remainder of the winter session on charges of creating ruckus.
Even after this, the uproar did not stop, and 9 more members were suspended from the winter session. These include Benny Behanan (Congress), Mohammed Javed (Congress), PR Natarajan (CPIM), Kanimozhi (DMK), VK Srikandan (Congress), K Subramaniam, SR Parthiban (DMK), S Venkatesan (CPIM) and Manickam Tagore (Congress) is included.
#WATCH | Opposition MPs- Benny Behanan, VK Sreekandan, Mohammad Jawed, PR Natarajan, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, K Subrahmanyam, SR Parthiban, S Venkatesan and Manickam Tagore-suspended from Lok Sabha for the rest of the session for "unruly conduct"
House adjourned till tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/gThKY50P7P
— ANI (@ANI) December 14, 2023
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said in the Lok Sabha that we all agree that the unfortunate incident of yesterday (Wednesday, December 13) was a serious lapse in the security of Lok Sabha members and a high-level inquiry has been started in this matter on the instructions of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
He further said, “Politics is not expected from any member on this issue, we have to work above party politics.” Such incidents of security lapses have happened in the Parliament in the past too and the proceedings have been conducted as per the instructions of the then Lok Sabha Speakers.
Derek O’Brien suspended from Rajya Sabha
Earlier, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O’Brien was suspended from Rajya Sabha. MPs from opposition parties created a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha regarding his suspension. After this, the proceedings of Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 3 o’clock. After this, the proceedings of the House were adjourned again till 4 o’clock.
