Jagdeep Dhankhar accused Jairam Ramesh of misconduct and stated that he is not fit to be a member of the Rajya Sabha. Congress MPs had questioned Dhankhar for giving the floor to RLD s Jayant Singh to speak on the decision to confer the Bharat Ratna on his grandfather Chaudhary Charan Singh.
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The protests led to the suspension of 46 MPs from the House for the session. A breach of privilege notice was moved against Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien and the matter was referred to the Privileges Committee.
The three frenetic weeks of the Parliament s Winter session saw a security breach in the Lok Sabha, suspension of 146 MPs and the expulsion of Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra in the bribe-for-query case.