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Speaker may revoke suspension of 25 Cong MPs tomorrow
August 04, 2015
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan may revoke the suspension of 25 Congress MPs tomorrow. Right now, BJD, SP and TMC MPs are mediating between the Speaker and the Congress, say reports.
Twenty five of Congress party's 44 members in Lok Sabha were suspended
on Monday for five days for causing disruptions, setting the stage for
escalation in confrontation, as nine opposition parties decided to
boycott the House for these days to express solidarity with the
suspended members.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan took the decision, the
first such major action in the present Lok Sabha, against the members
for "persistently, wilfully obstructing" the House by displaying
placards and shouting slogans.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi described it as a "black day for democracy".
The
Speaker, after several warnings, 'named' (identifying for action) the
25 Congress members who were in the Well demanding resignation of
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister
Vasundhara Raje over the Lalit Modi row and Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Vyapam scam.
The
important bills pending for passage in Monsoon session include the Goods
and Services Tax Bill, Land Bill, Real Estate Regulator Bill,
Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, Whistle Blowers Protection
(Amendment) Bill, Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment
Bill, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill,
The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill to replace an Ordinance
etc. Of these, four major bills GST, Protection of Whistleblowers,
Juvenile Justice and Repealing of Appropriation Acts have already been
passed by the Lok Sabha, and are awaiting discussion and passage in the
Rajya Sabha.
Pic: Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi led the protests outside Parliament today.
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