"Unprecedented Excessive Action": Congress On Suspension of MPs
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Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Venkaiah Naidu that the suspension was in violation of Rule 256(1) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States.
Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge today said that the suspension of 12 opposition members were against the rules of Rajya Sabha. In a letter to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, Mr Kharge contended that it as "unprecedented excessive action" for the events of August 11, the last day of parliament's Monsoon Session.
The MPs have been suspended for the whole of Winter Session. The suspension motion said they willingly committed "unprecedented acts of misconduct, contemptuous, violent and unruly behaviour and intentional attacks on the security personnel".
Mr Kharge said the suspension was in violation of Rule 256(1) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States.
"It is wrong to assume that the motion was passed by the House, as the entire Opposition was opposed to the motion and therefore (it) cannot be the consensus of the House," the letter read.
