12 Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for entire winter session for ‘unruly behavior’ in Monsoon Session

Twelve Rajya Sabha MPs from five political parties have been suspended for the rest of the Winter Session for ‘unruly behavior and misconduct’ during the Monsoon session. Suspended MPs will not be allowed to take part in the proceeding of the house. As per the rule, 256 Chairman of the Rajya Saha can suspend any members for a period not exceeding the remainder of the Session. While 6 MPs belong to the Congress party, two comes from TMC and two from Shiv Sena and one each from the CPI and the CPI(M).The members are — Syed Naseer Hussain, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Phulo Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, Ripun Bora and Rajmani Patel of the Congress; Priyanka Chaturvedi, Anil Desai of the Shiv Sena; Elamaram Kareem of the CPI-M, Binoy Viswam of the CPI, Dola Sen and Shanta Chhetri of the Trinamool.The suspension of the members could be a new flash point between opposition members and the government in the winter session of the parliament which began on Monday.



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