MPs suspension history in India

July 26, 2022: 19 Members of Parliament (MPs) were suspended from attending Rajya Sabha session for the remainder of the week for disrupting the House proceedings and demanding a discussion on price rises and a rollback of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on daily essentials. November 29, 2021: 12 Rajya Sabha MPs have been […]

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July 26, 2022: 19 Members of Parliament (MPs) were suspended from attending Rajya Sabha session for the remainder of the week for disrupting the House proceedings and demanding a discussion on price rises and a rollback of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on daily essentials.
November 29, 2021: 12 Rajya Sabha MPs have been suspended for the entire winter session for “unprecedented acts of misconduct”, “unruly and violent behaviour”, and “intentional attacks on security personnel”.
September 21, 2020: Eight Rajya Sabha MPs were suspended on September 21, 2020 for unruly behaviour in the House the previous day on September 20.
March 5, 2020: Seven Congress members were suspended from Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament.
November 2019: Speaker Om Birla suspended two Congress members.
January 2019: Birla’s predecessor Sumitra Mahajan suspended a total 45 members belonging to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) after they continuously disrupted proceedings for days.
August 2015: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspended 25 Congress MPs for five days for “persistently, willfully obstructing” the House.
February 13, 2014: Speaker Meira Kumar suspended 18 MPs from (undivided) Andhra Pradesh following pandemonium in the House over the Telangana issue.
September 2, 2014: Nine members were suspended for five days.
August 23, 2013: 12 members were suspended for five days.
April 24, 2012: Eight members were suspended for four days.
March 15, 1989: When Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister, as many as 63 members were suspended from Lok Sabha for three days.

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