Rajya Sabha suspends 45 Opposition MPs from Parliament

Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday (December 18) suspended 45 Opposition MPs for the remainder of the session, after they created a ruckus inside the Upper House, over the Parliament security breach incident that took place on December 13. This comes after 33 Opposition MPs were suspended from Lok Sabha earlier in the day. 

Those MPs who were suspended include Congress' Jairam Ramesh, Randeep Surjewala and KC Venugopal.

Rajya Sabha was adjourned to meet again tomorrow at 11



am.

A total of 92 Opposition MPs have been suspended so far from both the Houses.

18 members of Congress, 7 from Trinamool Congress, 5 from DMK, 3 from CPM, 2 each from RJD, JDU, SP and CPI and 1 each from JMM, KCM, AGM and NCP have been suspended today from the Rajya Sabha.

Earlier in the day, 33 Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the Lower House besides the 13 who were suspended earlier. With the suspension of 45 MPs from Rajya Sabha and one, who was suspended earlier, the total number of such MPs rose to 92 today.