The Rajya Sabha suspended three more MPs for the remainder of the week for their unruly behaviour in the house. MPs who have been suspended include AAP MP Sushil Kumar Gupta.
Amid uproar by the Opposition on several issues, the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development Smriti Irani introduced the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, in Lok Sabha. Added to the list of the suspended Rajya Sabha MPs was Derek O' Brien for throwing the rulebook at the chair.
The Opposition is not likely to attend Monday's meeting called by the government to end the statement in Parliament. Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs. Kharge has said that all Opposition parties are united on the matter and inviting leaders of only four Opposition parties [Congress, TMC, CPI(M) and CPI] “is unfair and unfortunate".