Rajya Sabha suspends TMC MP Derek O'Brien from remaining winter session

Trinamool Congress MP Derek OBrien was suspended from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday for the remaining winter session of Parliament for throwing rule book on the reporters table during a discussion on the Election Laws Amendment Bill 2021Biju Janata Dal leader Sasmit Patra who was Presiding the Chair made the announcement to suspend Derek followed by a motion moved by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Murleedharan in the Upper HouseTMC member Derek threw the Rajya Sabha rule book on the reporters table as the Chair rejected his point of order saying the matter is explained The treasury benches then raised the issue to suspend himThe TMC leader then staged a walkout from the House following other members of Opposition parties that included Congress DMK TMC AAP Shiv Sena Left RJD Samajwadi Party and BSPThe Opposition parties staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha accusing the Chair of not allowing division sought by them over the Election Laws Amendment Bill 2021Also read Are we delivering pizzas Derek OBrien on hurried passing of billsThe Opposition members strongly opposed the Bill and asked the government to take it back and finally staged a walkout from the House when Deputy Chairman did now allow their demand citing the members are in the Well and division cannot be given in this situation as per ruleThe Opposition was seeking division on the Election Laws Amendment Bill 2021 that aims to give effect to the longpending electoral reforms including linking Aadhaar with the voter ID cardAs the Opposition did not get division all of their members staged walkout from the HouseMeanwhile with the suspension of Derek from Rajya Sabha now the total number of suspended MPs from the House is 13Earlier the House had suspended 12 MPs from the House on the first day of the Winter Session on November 29 from the entire proceedingsIn a move that angered the Opposition and set the stage for acrimonious exchanges a dozen members of Opposition parties in Rajya Sabha were suspended from the winter session on the very first day on Monday following a motion brought in by the governmentThe members were suspended for alleged unruly conduct towards the end of the monsoon session in August when marshals were called after Opposition members stormed the Well of the House during the passage of the General Insurance Business Nationalisation Amendment Bill 2021The suspended members comprise six from the Congress two each from Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena and one each from CPI and CPM Phulo Devi Netam Chhaya Verma Ripun Bora Rajamani Patel Syed Nasir Hussain and Akhilesh Prasad Singh of Congress Dola Sen Shanta Chhetri of Trinamool Congress Priyanka Chaturvedi Anil Desai of Shiv Sena Elamaram Kareem of CPM and Binoy Viswam of CPIAll the suspended 12 MPs used to sit near Mahatma Gandhi statue inside the Parliament premises since they were suspended from the House and the Opposition parties have been relentlessly disrupting House proceedings every day over the issue barring a few occasionsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever