Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien on Wednesday said the government tried to get a majority in the Upper House by suspending opposition MPs.
While 12 MPs – six from Congress, two each from TMC and Shiv Sena, and one each of the CPI and CPI(M) were suspended from the winter session on November 29, O’Brien was suspended on Tuesday.
O’Brien’s suspension came on a motion moved by MoS V Muraleedharan, accusing him of “unruly and contemptuous behaviour, being a member of the Rajya Sabha by shamelessly throwing the Rajya Sabha rule book towards the chair” during a discussion. was imposed. On the Electoral Reform Bill, which was later passed by voice vote.
His suspension lasted for a day as the House was adjourned sine die on Wednesday.
Joined by other suspended lawmakers at the Gandhi statue in Parliament complex on Wednesday, O’Brien said, “Hitler burned down Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi A slow poisonous parliament. This government has tried to make a majority in the Upper House by suspending 12 MPs. Democracy is being mocked and destroyed every day under this system.
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