T-issue rocks Houses: 11 MPs suspended
As the United Andhra issue continued to rock the Parliament both in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the chair suspended the agitating members under Rule 374(A).
Lok Sabha Speaker Meria Kumar announced suspension of nine members (four of the Telugu Desam Party and five from the Congress) from Andhra Pradesh for creating “grave disorder”.
In the Rajya Sabha too, two TDP members were suspended for the day for disrupting the House on Telangana issue.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day at 2 pm by deputy speaker Karia Munda after agitating TDP members did not heed to his request to withdraw from the House forthwith and allow its smooth conduct.
Three of the four TDP members N. Kristappa, M. Venugopal Reddy and N. Sivaprasad were still in the well despite it being adjourned for the day. Leader of the Telugu Desam Party in the Lok Sabha Nama Nageshwar Rao was seen consulting Opposition leaders, including Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj.
When the House assembled for the day, Ms Kumar suspended TDP members Kristappa, Venugopal Reddy, K.N. Rao and Sivaprasad and five Congress MPs A. Sai Pratap, Anantha Venkatrami Reddy, N. Rajagopal, Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and K. Bapi Raju for continuously disrupting the proceedings.
The action was taken under Rule 374(A) of Rules of Procedure of the Lok Sabha.
As per the Rule, a member after being named by the Speaker stands “automatically suspended from the service of the House for five consecutive sittings or the remainder of the session, whichever is less”.
This is the third instance of suspension of members in the present Lok Sabha. More than a year back, eight pro-Telangana Congress members had been suspended from the House for similar reasons.
This is also the first instance when the same members were named twice in the same session under the Rule, which came into being over a decade back. The previous action was on August 23 for paralysing the House since the current session began on August 5.
In the Rajya Sabha, deputy chairman P.J. Kurien invoked Rule 255 to suspend TDP members C.M. Ramesh and Y.R. Chowdhary, who trooped into the well holding placards against formation of Telangana.
Rule 255 states that “the chairman may direct any member whose conduct is in his opinion grossly disorderly to withdraw immediately from the council and any member so ordered to withdraw shall do so forthwith and shall absent himself during the remainder of the day’s meeting.”
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