About 25 BJP MPs including Union Minister Babul Suprio and Shatrughan Sinha, Varun Gandhi and Poonam Mahajan yesterday suffered the embarrassment of being named and asked to stand at a Parliamentary Party meeting for their absence during voting in the Lok Sabha on crucial bills last week.
Party sources said they were reprimanded when Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu read out names of the erring MPs who were absent during voting in Lok Sabha when the crucial land acquisition bill was passed.
Among others who were absent during that voting were Pritam Munde, daughter of former Union Minister Gopinath Munde, Riti Pathak (Madhya Pradesh) and Chandra Prakash Joshi (Rajasthan).
Mr Naidu cautioned all the erring MPs over their absence and directed them to be present in their respective Houses as the BJP has already issued a whip for this week.
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