The suspended MPs include six from Congress, two each from TMC and Shiv Sena and one each from CPM and CPI. The action has been taken against them for the indiscipline in the monsoon session of the House.
Twelve suspended MPs, including two Trinamool MPs, will sit on a dharna in Parliament House from Tuesday till the end of the Winter Session or their suspension is revoked, as Opposition leaders junked the idea of boycotting the entire session and instead decided to walk out for the day in Rajya Sabha and held a protest near Gandhi Statue.
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma on Tuesday termed the suspension of the 12 Rajya Sabha MPs for the ongoing winter session of the Parliament as grossly unjust.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that the suspension of the 12 members from the Rajya Sabha was important to maintain the dignity of the House. Speaking on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, Goyal, also the Leader of House, demanded that all those guilty of disrupting the House in the Monsoon
Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday asserted that the suspension of the 12 MPs for the remainder of the ongoing winter session "was to protect democracy and it was the decision of the House and not of the Chair"