7 Members Of Rajya Sabha MP Were Suspended Today
March 9, 2010
7 Members Of Rajya Sabha MP Were Suspended Today:NEW DELHI: Debate began in the Rajya Sabha on the Women’s Reservation Bill after the disruptive members were evicted from the House.
Earlier in the day, seven members of the Rajya Sabha belonging to SP, RJD, LJP and an unattached MP were suspended today for the remaining part of the Budget session for their unruly behaviour in the House yesterday over the Women’s Reservation Bill.
The suspended members are Subhash Yadav (RJD), Sabir Ali (LJP), Veerpal Singh Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Kamal Akhtar (all SP) and Ejaz Ali(unattached).
The motion for their suspension was moved by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan and was passed by a voice vote.
The action was taken under Rule 256 of the House for showing total “disregard for dignity of Council and authority of the Chair” by obstructing the business of the House.
Yesterday, these members had indulged in unprecedented unruly scenes and even tried to attack Chairman Hamid Ansari when the Women’s Reservation Bill was moved by the government.
Updated at 12:30 hrs: The government today said it would hold discussions on the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, and not bulldoze the passage of the evolutionary measure involving amendment of the Constitution.
“A Constitution amendment bill of this dimension is evolutionary in nature and (the government) does not want to just bulldoze it. It is not just to by-pass a discussion,” Law Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters here.
“Tomorrow, after 50 years, someone will question that such an important bill was passed without a discussion, without a dialogue. We never wanted to be intolerant about it. There are people who opposed it…that was a national shame,” the minister said.
“I don’t think it will augur well for the persons or the parties which demonstrated ….the ugliest ever done,” the minister added.
