NEW DELHI, Dec 18, 2023 (BSS) -A total of 78 opposition members of parliament(MPs) both from Indian Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, were suspended today forstaging protests seeking Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on the recentsecurity breach inside the parliament, reports said. The Rajya Sabha this evening suspended 45 MPs for the remainder of the WinterSession, barely hours after the Lok Sabha suspended 33 over the Opposition'sincessant protests demanding the statement of Indian home minister on lastweek's security breach inside parliament. Meanwhile, 14 opposition MPs had been suspended last week, also for demandingthe statement on the same issue. Earlier today, the suspended MPs staged a protest on the stairs of the MakarDwar on the Parliament premises here. The suspended MPs from Lok Sabha include Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress'sleader in Lok Sabha, and Gaurav Gogoi, deputy leader of the party in theHouse.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha December 18, 2023 20:27 UTC