New Delhi: Suspension of 19 opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha, including three from Kerala. CPM’s AA Rahim, V. Sivadasan and CPI’s P. Santhosh Kumar are the Kerala MPs who have been suspended. Other suspended MPs are DMK’s Kanimozhi, Trinamool Congress and TRS MPs. The action was taken to shout slogans in the center. He was suspended for a week.
Four Congress MPs were suspended on Monday for protesting the price hike in the Lok Sabha with placards. The action was against TN Prathapan and Ramya Haridas from Kerala, Manickam Tagore and S. Jyothimani from Tamil Nadu.
Today, the seventh day of the annual session of Parliament, there were opposition protests in both houses. Proceedings in both the Houses stalled due to the opposition’s uproar against the Center on several issues including inflation, unemployment and the Agnipath scheme. An urgent resolution notice was brought in both the Houses regarding price hike and GST increase but no permission was given to present it.
English Summary: 19 MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha