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The Opposition parties call a meeting on the next course of action, over the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs, at LoP in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge’s office tomorrow.
12 opposition MPs suspended for parliament’s Winter session for “violent behaviour” in previous session.
These MPs include: Six Cong MPs – Phulo Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, Ripun Bora, Rajamani Patel, Syed Hussain, Akhilesh Singh; Elamaram Kareem from CPM and Binoy Viswam from CPI, and Priyanka Chaturvedi, Anil Desai of Shiv Sena and Dola Sen, Shanta Chhetri.
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi – one of the 12 Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for this session of parliament — says, “From District Court to Supreme Court, an accused is heard even there, lawyers are provided for them too, sometimes Govt officials are sent to take their version. Here our version wasn’t taken.”
Chhaya Verma, Rajya Sabha member, who was also suspended says, “This suspension is simply unfair and unjust. There were other members from other parties who created a ruckus but the chairman suspended me. PM Modi is doing just as he wishes since he enjoys a brute majority.”
Adds Congress MP Ripun Bora, who was also suspended, “Yes, we had protested in the last session. We had protested for the cause of farmers, the poor people and as Parliamentarians, it is our duty to raise the voices of the oppressed, deprived. If we don’t raise the voices in Parliament, where will we do that? This is totally undemocratic; murder of democracy and Constitution. We’ve not been given the opportunity to be heard. This is a one-sided, biased, vindictive decision. Opposition parties haven’t been consulted.”
