Suspended Rajya Sabha members refuse to leave House; forcibly evicted

Defying the action by Rajya Sabha, its seven members who were today suspended for their unruly behaviour yesterday over the Women's Reservation Bill refused to leave the House and remained squatted in the well for over two hours.

The members who were suspended for the entire budget session at 12 noon, virtually staged a dharna in the well even after the House was adjourned. They continued to stay put even when the House reassembled at 2pm forcing another adjournment
till 3pm.

Though Rajniti Prasad (RJD) was not named by chairman Hamid Ansari, he too joined the suspended members and sat along with them, leaving the security staff in a dilemma on how to handle the situation.

The frequent adjournments left members of the BJP, which is supporting the women's bill, irritated. Most of them wanted to barge into the chairman's chamber but were prevented by the security staff.

Earlier, Subhash Yadav (RJD), Sabir Ali (LJP), Veerpal Singh Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Kamal Akhtar (all SP), and Ejaz Ali (Unattached) were suspended for their unruly behaviour in the House when the Women's Reservation Bill was moved for discussion.