Parliament Suspensions

As three new criminal laws came into force today, main Opposition Congress said these laws were "forcibly" passed by suspending 146 MPs from Parliament proceedings. The party also said 90 per cent of these laws are a "cut, copy and paste job".

Aam Admi Party MP Sanjay Singh received a major relief as his suspension from the Rajya Sabha ended on Thursday. He expressed happiness as permission has been obtained to enter Parliament after almost a year of suspension.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that he hoped that actions like suspension of MPs would not be taken in the 18th Lok Sabha.

The UK Parliament's Conduct Committee on Friday released its report into the conduct of British Sikh peer Lord Kulveer Ranger and found him in breach of the Code of Conduct on bullying and harassment following a drunken incident in the House of Lords

The tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha was not without disruptions. Almost all sessions witnessed significant interruptions and walkouts by the Opposition.

The suspension of 11 Rajya Sabha MPs, held guilty of breach of privilege by a Rajya Sabha Committee, was revoked today ahead of the Budget Session which starts tomorrow.

The Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha will meet next week to examine the issue of suspension of three Congress members from the House during the Winter Session for unruly behaviour.

The ruling party has "weaponised" the suspension of MPs as a convenient tool to "undermine democracy, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said in a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday invited Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to his residence on December 25 for an interaction on the issue of disruptions in Parliament and the suspension of opposition MPs.

Congress chief and the Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the suspension of MPs from the Parliament was "painful and frustrating" and detrimental to the "core principles of India's democracy."

Jagdeep Dhankhar justified the suspension of parliamentarians from the Rajya Sabha, calling it "unavoidable" due to their "extreme degree of misconduct" and said he "rose to the occasion" when the temple of democracy was "sacrileged".

With most Opposition members outside the House after a spree of suspensions, the Lok Sabha today passed a Bill to establish a new mechanism for appointment of Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners.

Over 140 opposition MPs suspended this week and last took out a protest march Thursday morning from the old Parliament to Vijay Chowk in central Delhi, carrying a large banner that read "Save Democracy".

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said the continuous suspension of the Opposition MPs for demanding a clarification on the recent security breach in Parliament is a bad sign for health of democracy.

Hours after a Trinamool MP claimed that Union Minister Piyush Goyal had told him that all Opposition MPs were not being suspended from parliament because it will be a bad look, the minister has said the Opposition MP is "spreading vicious lies"

As three new criminal laws came into force today, main Opposition Congress said these laws were "forcibly" passed by suspending 146 MPs from Parliament proceedings. The party also said 90 per cent of these laws are a "cut, copy and paste job".

Aam Admi Party MP Sanjay Singh received a major relief as his suspension from the Rajya Sabha ended on Thursday. He expressed happiness as permission has been obtained to enter Parliament after almost a year of suspension.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that he hoped that actions like suspension of MPs would not be taken in the 18th Lok Sabha.

The UK Parliament's Conduct Committee on Friday released its report into the conduct of British Sikh peer Lord Kulveer Ranger and found him in breach of the Code of Conduct on bullying and harassment following a drunken incident in the House of Lords

The tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha was not without disruptions. Almost all sessions witnessed significant interruptions and walkouts by the Opposition.

The suspension of 11 Rajya Sabha MPs, held guilty of breach of privilege by a Rajya Sabha Committee, was revoked today ahead of the Budget Session which starts tomorrow.

The Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha will meet next week to examine the issue of suspension of three Congress members from the House during the Winter Session for unruly behaviour.

The ruling party has "weaponised" the suspension of MPs as a convenient tool to "undermine democracy, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said in a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday invited Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to his residence on December 25 for an interaction on the issue of disruptions in Parliament and the suspension of opposition MPs.

Congress chief and the Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the suspension of MPs from the Parliament was "painful and frustrating" and detrimental to the "core principles of India's democracy."

Jagdeep Dhankhar justified the suspension of parliamentarians from the Rajya Sabha, calling it "unavoidable" due to their "extreme degree of misconduct" and said he "rose to the occasion" when the temple of democracy was "sacrileged".

With most Opposition members outside the House after a spree of suspensions, the Lok Sabha today passed a Bill to establish a new mechanism for appointment of Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners.

Over 140 opposition MPs suspended this week and last took out a protest march Thursday morning from the old Parliament to Vijay Chowk in central Delhi, carrying a large banner that read "Save Democracy".

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said the continuous suspension of the Opposition MPs for demanding a clarification on the recent security breach in Parliament is a bad sign for health of democracy.

Hours after a Trinamool MP claimed that Union Minister Piyush Goyal had told him that all Opposition MPs were not being suspended from parliament because it will be a bad look, the minister has said the Opposition MP is "spreading vicious lies"