Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:58am on 18 Dec 2023,Monday India
In an unprecedented move, 79 MPs were suspended on Monday for protests demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah on the security breach in Parliament last week. This includes 30 Lok Sabha and 35 Rajya Sabha members suspended for the full winter session. Another 14 MPs were already suspended last week over the issue, taking the total count to 92. The suspended Lok Sabha MPs comprise top Congress leaders like Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Gaurav Gogoi. Trinamool MPs Kalyan Banerjee, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Saugata Ray, and Satabdi Roy, and DMK members A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran are also on the list. Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien had been suspended for seeking a discussion on the breach. The mass suspension comes as the opposition has been demanding answers over the major lapse in Parliament security.
