Eight Opposition Rajya Sabha MPs including Trinamool Congress MP Derek O\u2019Brien, were suspended for the rest of the session, over chaos in the house on Sunday when the controversial farm bills were passed in the house. There was major opposition and protests when the bills were being passed and several Opposition MPs tore up papers and broke microphones.<\/p>\n
Other suspended members include Aam Admi Party\u2019s Sanjay Singh, Congress\u2019 Rajeev Satav and the CPM\u2019s KK Ragesh. Opposition parties have been alleging that the farm bills will give more power to the corporates and farmers will be deprived of fair price.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am pained at what happened yesterday. It defies logic. It is a bad day for Rajya Sabha,\u201d said Rajya Sabha chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu.<\/p>\n
Prior to this development, Derek O\u2019Brien had uploaded a nine-minute video explaining what took place inside the Rajya Sabha on Sunday, adding that \u201cthe Opposition was not going to sit there eating lollipops\u201d when the backbone of democracy and Parliamentary rules and tradition were being broken. He said that voting was not allowed on sending the bills to a committee for scrutiny despite opposition from several members. He alleged, along with other Opposition members, that the ruling BJP forced the bills through a voice vote.<\/p>\n
The scenes in the Parliament were unprecedented. According to reports, Aam Admi Party\u2019s Sanjay Singh and Congress member Rajiv Satav climbed in the Secretary General\u2019s table at the centre of the house. Derek O\u2019Brien waved a rulebook in front of the chairperson and some members pulled out microphones. While there were allegations that some members tore up the rulebook, O\u2019Brien said in his video that he had not, adding that it was a clever ploy by the ruling party to manipulate the media through such allegations.<\/p>\n
The bills have already been cleared in the Lok Sabha and will thus go to the President for his nod before they become laws. The Opposition has repeatedly tried to block the bills at various stages, asking them to be sent to a select committee for scrutiny and reviews.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey broke every rule in the Parliament by not allowing the voting. This doesn\u2019t end here. Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has always fought for farmers and her 26-day hunger strike in 2006 is a case in point. We will not let them bully us like this,\u201d Derek O\u2019Brien said. He added that RSTV was censored during the time of opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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