5 MPs in India suspended for remainder of Parliament sessions

NEW DELHI, Dec 14, (Agencies): Soon after Parliament convened for Day 11 of the ongoing Winter Session, both Houses were adjourned amid Opposition leaders raising slogans against the major security breach on Wednesday, wherein two people with smoke canisters entered the Lok Sabha. Leaders of the Opposition were captured chanting slogans of ‘PM sadan me aao, Amit Shah sharam karo’ in both Houses.

Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha adopted a motion to suspend TMC MP Derek O Brien for the remainder of the session for his alleged misconduct amid the uproar.

Rajya Sabha Chair Dhankhar called O’Brien’s behavior an ignoble misconduct and a shameful incident, adding that the TMC MP had defied the chair.

Five other Congress MPs, namely T N Prathapan, Hibi Eden, Dean Kuriakose, Jothi Mani and Ramya Haridas, were also suspended for the remaining session in Lok Sabha.

Despite the warning, O’Brien and other Opposition lawmakers shouted slogans in protest in the House as the morning session began.