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Disruptions in Monsoon session of Parliament continues
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Rajya Sabha today continued to see disruptions. Members of the opposition raised objections to the Minister of External Affairs making a statement in the House without prior notice.
Rajya Sabha today continued to see disruptions. Members of the opposition raised objections to the Minister of External Affairs making a statement in the House without prior notice.
In Lok Sabha, a motion was passed to extend the date of submission for the Report on the Land, Acquisition Bill to August 7, 2015. The Bill is currently being examined by a Parliamentary Joint Committee.
With the opposition continuing its protests, the Speaker after repeated warnings named 25 MPs under Rule 374 (A).
As per this Rule, a Member can be named and suspended for five consecutive sittings by the Speaker for causing grave disorder by “coming into the well of the House or abusing the Rules of the House persistently and wilfully obstructing its business by shouting slogans”.
In the fifteenth Lok Sabha there have been instances when the Speaker has suspended members of house.
During the second half of the Winter Session on 13 February, 2014, 17 MPs were suspended by the Speaker under the same rule.
On August 23, during the Monsoon Session of 2013, 12 MPs were suspended by the Speaker in Lok Sabha for disrupting the proceedings of the House. Of these, nine MPs were suspended again on September 2. On each occasion the MPs were suspended for five sittings
The largest set of suspensions occurred in the Lok Sabha in 1989. Following commotion over the tabling of the Thakkar Commission report that looked into the assassination of Indira Gandhi, 63 MPs were suspended for a week. Four more MPs joined them in walking out of the house.
With nine sittings of the session over, Lok Sabha has functioned for 14% of its scheduled time and Rajya Sabha has functioned for 8% of its scheduled time.
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