GUWAHATI: A total of 49 Members of Parliament (MPs) have been suspended by the Lok Sabha Secretariat from the service of the house and parliamentary proceedings, as per a circular issued by Lok Sabha Secretariat on December 19.
According to the directive, as long as the suspension remains in force, the MPs cannot enter the chamber, lobbies, and galleries of the parliament. They also stand suspended from sittings of Parliamentary Committees of which they may be a member. No item is to be put down in the List of Business in their name. No notice tabled by them will be acceptable during the period of their suspension.
According to the order, they also cannot vote at elections to Committees held during the period of their suspension, and they will also not be entitled to the daily allowance for the period of their suspension.
The entire list of the suspended MPs has been listed below.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat issued directives on Tuesday suspending 141 MPs. Out of the total, 95 MPs faced suspension from the Lok Sabha, while 46 were suspended from the Rajya Sabha, as per media reports.
The decision to suspend these MPs was prompted by the Opposition’s demand for a statement from Union Minister Amit Shah on the Parliament security breach incident on December 13, the 22nd anniversary of the Parliament attack which took place in 2001.