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Three more Congress MPs, including DK Suresh, Nakul Nath and Deepak Baij, were suspended from the Lok Sabha on Thursday. They were suspended for the remainder of the Winter Session for causing “utter disregard to the House…display of placards and entering into the Well of the House”.
Here’s all you need to know about the suspension spree in Parliament
1. After Thursday’s suspension, a total of 100 MPs have been suspended from the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Winter Session. These include 13 MPs who were suspended from the Lower House on December 14, 33 were suspended this Monday, 49 on Tuesday, two on Wednesday and three more on Thursday.
2. Meanwhile, 46 MPs — one on December 14 and 45 on Monday — were suspended from the Rajya Sabha in the Winter Session 2023. In total, 146 MPs have been suspended from Parliament since December 14.
3. With the latest suspensions, only 33 MPs from the Opposition INDIA bloc have been left in the Lok Sabha. According to news agency PTI, the INDIA bloc has a total strength of 133 MPs in the Lower House. In the Rajya Sabha, the INDIA bloc has 95 MPs, of which 46 remain suspended. AAP member Sanjay Singh was suspended as a Rajya Sabha member on July 24. This left only 48 members of the INDIA bloc in the Upper House.
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Published: 21 Dec 2023, 03:47 PM IST
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