New Delhi: Seven Rajya Sabha MPs, who had created a ruckus on Monday during the tabling of the Women's Reservation Bill, were suspended by Chairman Hamid Ansari for the rest of Parliament session on Tuesday.
The suspended MPs are Nand Kishore Yadav (Samajwadi Party), Kamal Akhtar (Samajwadi Party), Aamir Alam Khan (Samajwadi Party), Veerpal Singh Yadav (Samajwadi Party), Subash Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal and party chief Lalu Prasad's brother-in-law), Sabir Ali (Lok Janshakti Party) and Ejaz Ali (Janata Dal-United).
The MPs belonging to the Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal along with Sabir Ali and Ejaz Ali started to shout slogans against the Women’s Reservation Bill which will reserve 33 per cent of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies when the Rajya Sabha session started at 1100 hrs IST on Tuesday.
When the MPs did not stop their slogan shouting, Ansari suspended the House till 12 noon.
But the MPs continued their protests even after the House reassembled even as Ansari called for official papers to be laid following which Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithiviraj Chavan moved a resolution for suspending the seven MPs.
"MPs behaving in an unparliamentary manner yesterday (Monday) have been suspended from the services of the House for the rest of the session," said Chavan while moving the resolution which was passed by voice vote.
Ansari also adjourned the House till 1400 hrs IST. But the seven MPs did not go out of the House and sat on the floor protesting against their suspension.
If they continue their protest inside the House when it reconvenes at 1400 hrs IST then marshals would have to be called in to forcibly evict them.
The MPs had torn the papers kept on the Chairman's desk, snatched mikes and shouted slogans against the Women's Reservation Bill on Monday leading to the adjournment of the Rajya Sabha.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had on Monday called Ansari, who is also the Vice President, and expressed regret over attempts by some MPs to attack him in the House.
During pandemonium over the Bill, Nand Kishore Yadav had tried to attack the Chairman by attempting to climb on to the podium. He had uprooted the mike and thrown the stationery placed on Ansari's table.
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