New Delhi, Nov 30, : , The TMC has shown hostility towards the Congress’s attempts to form a joint opposition strategy. The TMC has taken control of its own course, skipping the opposition meeting for the second consecutive time, despite 16 parties attending the meeting.
After Rajya Sabha Chairman M.Venkaiah Naidu rejected the Opposition’s request for revocation of suspension of 12 MPs, the Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge led the opposition to walk out.However, the TMC remained back.Its members Luizinho and Derek Falerio took part in zero hour, while O’Brien spoke about suspension.
Instead of the opposition MPs, he suggested that 80 MPs from the treasury benches be suspended.
Later, he tweeted: “Starting tomorrow, December 1, from 10 am to Mon-Fri- The 12 Opposition MPs suspended form Rajya Sabha, will sit in Dharna infront of Mahatma Gandhi statue.”
While protesting in the Lok Sabha, the Congress is stalling the House and going the extra mile to bring the opposition along.The Opposition parties, except the TMC, met at Kharge’s office on Tuesday morning to discuss the matter.However, they were disappointed.
Naidu stated that he was not considering the appeal by Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge for revoke suspension of 12 members of parliament as the suspended MPs are not apologizing and are justifying their behavior.
Kharge had raised this issue under rule 256, stating that the suspension was against the rules of procedure.
“The members have been suspended for conduct that occurred during the previous session,” the LoP stated, adding that there is no need to apologize.
The Chairman replied that the House had adopted a motion, and on the day of occurence, he named the MPs.
Derek O’Brien, TMC, stated that the Members were forced to act in this manner during the Monsoon session because certain issues were not being discussed despite repeated requests.He stated that “not the 12 Opposition MPs, but 80 MPs from the Treasury should be suspended.”
The Upper House suspended 12 MPs from the winter session.This was in response to ruckus created by the House during the monsoon sessions on August 11.
The Congress, Trinamool Congress and CPI, CPI-M are the suspended MPs
The members include Syed Naseer Hussain and Akhilesh Prasad Sing, Phulo Devi netam, Chhaya verma, Ripun Boara and Rajmani Patel of Congress, Priyanka Chakurvedi, Anil Dasai of Shiv Sena and Elamaram Karem of CPI-M.Binoy Viswam from the CPI, Dola Sen and Shanta Chhetri from the Trinamooooooooy
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