Speaker likely to revoke suspensions
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan is likely to revoke the suspension of 45 members who had faced action for creating ruckus in the House.
With just two days left in the winter session, the Speaker could consider a request from All India Anna Dravidra Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK) leader and Lok Sabha deputy speaker M Thambidurai who on Friday urged her to revoke the suspension with a condition that they will not disrupt the proceedings again. Mahajan had suspended 24 AIADMK members on Wednesday for five consecutive sittings and then 20 members of the AIADMK and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) besides an unattached member who had won on a YSR Congress Party ticket. While AIADMK members were protesting over a proposed dam on river Cauvery, the TDP has continuously raised its demand for special category state status to Andhra Pradesh.
The action was taken under rule 374A of the Lok Sabha which says that they cannot attend the remaining days of the session, which concludes on January 8. Thambidurai made the request during the Zero Hour, to which the Speaker replied that the situation had become “unbearable”
“Madam you have the right to take the action, I am not objecting to that. I know any violation cannot be tolerated. At the same time, members are also agitated about their issues. My request is to pardon them. As only two days of this session are left,” he said.