The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday suspended 19 MPs for a week after unending protests that have hampered transaction of business in the Parliament’s Monsoon session so far. Suspended MPs include TMC members Dola Sen, Sushmita Dev, Nadimul Haque, Mausam Noor, Santunu Sen, Shanta Chhetri, Abir Ranjan Biswas, DMK’s M.H. Abdulla, R. Girirajan, N.R. Elango, S. Kalyanasundaram, M. Shanmugam and Kanimozhi NVN Somu, TRS MPs Damodar Rao and B.L. Yadav, CPI(M)‘s V. Sivadasan and A.A. Rahim, and CPI’s P. Sandosh Kumar.
The Lok Sabha passed the Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022 on Tuesday through a voice vote.
The morning sessions of both Houses were washed out due to sloganeering by the Opposition demanding a debate on GST and inflation.
