The Congress party will on Monday stage a protest at the Gandhi statue in the Parliament premises. AAP leader Bhagwant Mann had also stated that his party's MPs will not attend the Parliament in solidarity with the suspended Congress lawmakers.
A combative opposition on Monday launched a united protest in Lok Sabha against the suspension of 25 Congress MPs, as members of the Congress, TMC and NCP boycotted the proceedings and those of the Left, SP and RJD walked out soon after the House met.
Agitated over the suspension of 25 of its members in Lok Sabha, an aggressive Congress launched a vociferous protest in Rajya Sabha against the government's "dictatorial" attitude, forcing its adjournment for almost an hour soon after it assembled for the day.
Over two dozen members of the Congress, mostly wearing black arm bands and carrying placards, rushed to the Well of the House raising anti-government slogans as soon as the House met. One of them also waved a black cloth but was sternly asked not to do so by Deputy Chairman P J Kurien.
'Modi teri taanashahi nahi chalegi' (Prime Minister, your dictatorial attitude won't be allowed), 'Chuppi todo, Modi ji' (Break your silence, Modi ji) and 'We want justice' were among the slogans the Congress members shouted.
The Congress members also raised their demands relating to the Vyapam and Lalit Modi issues.
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Background
The Speaker 'named' (identifying for action) the 25 Congress members who were carrying placards and shouting slogans in the Well while pressing for resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje over Lalit Modi row and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over Vyapam scam.
While taking the tough action under Rule 374(A), she said the members were being suspended for "persistently, wilfully obstructing the House". She ruled that the 'named' members will not attend five sittings of the House. Congress has 44 members in all. Mahajan adjourned the House immediately after. However, a number of the Congress members staged a sit-in in the House.
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