The Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha on Friday decided to ask Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to appear before it at its next meeting to hear his side on his suspension from the House for "misconduct". The committee, chaired by BJP member Sunil Kumar Singh, also appeared to favour recommending to Speaker Om Birla to revoke Chowdhury s suspension after formally hearing his side at its meeting on August 30, Parliament sources said.
The Congress leader was named by Speaker Om Birla for 'unruly conduct' on the last day of Monsoon session and was suspended from the membership of Lok Sabha pending a report from the Privileges Committee
At the meeting on Friday, several members were of the view that Chowdhury has been punished for his conduct by Lok Sabha and there was no further need to examine his behaviour by a parliamentary panel.