NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended 45 opposition MPs for their “misconduct” during House proceedings, marking the largest action in the House’s history in a single day. Of the 45 MPs on suspension, 34 will remain so until the end of the Winter Session, which ends on December 22, and 11 will remain so until the Rajya Sabha’s Committee on Privileges’ reports are received. “This is the biggest ever suspension in the history of Rajya Sabha, when 45 legislators were suspended in a day,” according to Rajya Sabha Secretariat sources.Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, Jairam Ramesh, Amee Yajnik, Naranbhai J. Rathwa, Syed Nasir Hussain, Phulo Devi Netam, Shaktisinh Gohil, KC Venugopal, Rajani Ashokrao Patil, Ranjeet Ranjan, Imran Pratapgarhi, and Randeep Singh Surjewala; TMC members Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Mohammed Nadimul Haque, Abir Ranjan Biswas, Santanu Sen, Mausam Noor, Prakash Chik Baraik, and Samirul Islam; and DMK member M Shanmugam are among those suspended for the remainder of the Winter Session. The following people are in the list: N R Elango, Kanimozhi NVN Somu and R Girirajan; Manoj Kumar Jha and Faiyaz Ahmad of Rashtriya Janata Dal; V Sivadasan of CPI (M); Ram Nath Thakur and Aneel Prasad Hegde of JDU; Vandana Chavan of NCP; Ram Gopal Yadav and Javed Ali Khan of Samajwadi Party; Mahua Maji of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha; Kerala Congress (M) MP Jose K Mani; and Independent legislator Ajit Kumar Bhuyan.In addition, Congrrss’s Jebi Mather Hisham, L Hanumanthaiah, Neeraj Dangi, Rajmani Patel, Kumar Ketkar, and G C Chandrashekhar, CPI’s Binoy Viswam and Sandosh Kumar P, DMK’s M Mohamed Abdulla, and CPI (M) lawmakers John Brittas and AA Rahim are among the 11 MPs whose names were suspended and forwarded to the Rajya Sabha Committee of Privileges. During this Winter Session of the Parliament, 46 Rajya Sabha MPs have been suspended in total. Derek O’Brien of TMC was placed on suspension last week and had his name forwarded to the Committee on Privileges. Those names referred to the Privileges Committee will remain on hold until the panel submits its report to the House; the committee has been asked to provide a report in three months. Following the suspension of 33 Lok Sabha members for “misconduct” for the duration of the monsoon session, the Rajya Sabha took new action just hours later. The Chairman asked the suspended members to vacate the precincts after the House adopted the motion for suspension. The House was then adjourned for the day by him. Piyush Goyal, the leader of the Rajya Sabha, made the motion to suspend the MPs. The Rajya Sabha convened at 4.30 pm after several adjournments during the morning. The disruption of proceedings was caused by the MPs’ trooping into the House well and their persistent sloganeering. Shortly after, the suspension was declared.
