Top opposition leaders today participated in the protest at the Parliament complex and extended their support to the 12 suspended MPs of the Rajya Sabha (RS).
The leaders who participated in the protest were, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh, K C Venugopal besides SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and AAP leader Sanjay Singh. The MPs have been sitting in protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue against their suspension, which they term as undemocratic and against the rules of procedure of the Upper House.
RS proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon today as Opposition members kept protesting for the revocation of suspension of 12 MPs, even as Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge offered to cooperate. On the first day on winter session, 12 MP’S were suspended for the rest of the current session, due to of 'unruly and violent behaviour'. The suspended MPs include six from Congress, two each from TMC and Shiv Sena and one each from CPM and CPI.
