All-party meeting fails to end Parliament logjam
A number of Congress members staged a sit-in in the House
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-08-04 01:54 GMT
New Delhi: Significantly, the Speaker’s action on Monday was soon after an all-party meeting failed to end the Parliament logjam. Ms Mahajan adjourned the House for the day immediately after suspending the Congress MPs. However, a number of Congress members staged a sit-in in the House.
A visibly angry Sonia Gandhi was seen talking about this development with her MPs as well as with Left MPs. She and Rahul Gandhi did not leave the House for some time. Congress LS leader Mallikarjun Kharge said the Narendra Modi government was implementing the “Gujarat model” by suspending Opposition members and then running the House in a one-sided manner.
Ms Mahajan later said she had taken the decision only to ensure that the House runs properly. The Speaker’s action came after several warnings and despite pleas made by Trinamul leader Sudip Bandhyopadhyay and CPM leader P. Karunakaran that it would only aggravate the situation.
The suspended members included B.N. Chandrappa, Santok Singh Chaudhary, A.H.K. Choudhury, Sushmita Dev, Ninog Ering, R. Dhruvanarayana, Gaurav Gogoi, G. Sukender Reddy, Deepender Hooda, S. Kodikunnil, S.P. Muddahanumegowda, Abhijit Mukherjee and Mullappally Ramachandran.