TDP MPs got suspended in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, January 03: Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan Suspended 12 TDP MPs on Thursday. The MPs ,who are disturbing and raising slogans demanding Special Category Status fot Andhra Pradesh. Soon after the convocation of the house, TDP MPs began raising slogans. They showed placards at the Speaker s podium and raised slogans against inequitable attitude of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. TDP MPs rushed into the Lok Sabha and tried to disrupt the preceedings of the House. Finally, the Speaker has suspended 12 TDP MPs for four days.

Another Nine MPs from AIDMK were also got suspended by Speaker, for creating disruption over Kaveri river water sharing issue. After the suspension of MPs, Speaker adjourned the house till 2 pm.

Speaker Mahajan said that the decision to suspend MPs was taken under Section 374A due to coming into the Well of the House and violating the rules. TDP has 16 MPs and AIADMK has 37 MPs in Lok Sabha.

Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Butta Renuka, Nimmala Kishtappa, Galla Jayadev, K Narayana, Thota Narasimha, Malyadri Sriram, Maganti Babu, Muralimohan, Avanti Srinivas, Ramohan Naidu and JC Diwakar Reddy were among the suspended MPs.