New Delhi:
Twelve Andhra Pradesh MPs who had disrupted every single day of the session with their protests against the creation of a new Telangana state, have been suspended from the Lok Sabha.
A storm over their suspension caused many disruptions and forced the lower house to adjourn for the day.
The MPs, eight from the ruling Congress and four from TDP, have been asked to stay out for the rest of the session. They also were named by the Speaker for causing "grave disorder" and abusing the rules of the House.
This comes a day after the government backtracked on a motion to suspend them, following strong objections from a combined Opposition.
The protesting MPs, from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, have created a ruckus in the House every day since the session began. The government's motion for their suspension underscored its resolve to remove all bottlenecks - including its own MPs - that had held up key legislation including the Food Security Bill.
The rape of a 22-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai also caused fireworks in Parliament, especially in the Rajya Sabha, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was supposed to speak on the missing coal allocation files.
On Thursday, the Opposition repeatedly targeted a silent PM in the Rajya Sabha and asked him to explain how key files connected to the allegedly illegal allocation of coal blocks to private firms went missing.
A storm over their suspension caused many disruptions and forced the lower house to adjourn for the day.
The MPs, eight from the ruling Congress and four from TDP, have been asked to stay out for the rest of the session. They also were named by the Speaker for causing "grave disorder" and abusing the rules of the House.
This comes a day after the government backtracked on a motion to suspend them, following strong objections from a combined Opposition.
The protesting MPs, from the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, have created a ruckus in the House every day since the session began. The government's motion for their suspension underscored its resolve to remove all bottlenecks - including its own MPs - that had held up key legislation including the Food Security Bill.
The rape of a 22-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai also caused fireworks in Parliament, especially in the Rajya Sabha, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was supposed to speak on the missing coal allocation files.
On Thursday, the Opposition repeatedly targeted a silent PM in the Rajya Sabha and asked him to explain how key files connected to the allegedly illegal allocation of coal blocks to private firms went missing.
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