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Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to Speaker Om Birla over the suspension of 13 MPs from the lower house of the state for the remainder of the Winter Session and asked for appropriate action for revoking the suspension and restoring order in the House.

In a letter addressed to LS Speaker Om Birla, Chowdhury said that as the Speaker of Lok Sabha, under whose authority and control, the security "of the precincts of Parliament House" rests you have rightly and justly constituted a high-level inquiry Committee to cause an in-depth investigation of the brazen act of breach of security in Parliament House that happened on December 13.

He said the incident that occurred on December 13, when two youths jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors gallery with colour canisters, which they sprew all over the Chamber, and who had accomplices outside the precincts of the Parliament House Estate has caused much consternation in all circles.

Adhir further said that the incident of December 13 is a world apart from the attack on Parliament House of December 13, 2001, which was an act carried out by hardcore, well trained and heavily armed terrorists from across the Border with the attack resulting in the death of Armed personnel of the CRPF, Delhi Police as also of the CPWD and the Parliament Security Service.

"Since the seriousness of the matter lies in this fact, which relates to our own security, Members of the Opposition are duty bound to demand an explanation from the government and expect corrective measures to be taken urgently. The sensitivity of the matter and issues involved may have led to heated situations, and as the custodian of the dignity and decorum of the House you are bound to take remedial action when matters perceivably go out of the way in enabling the House to function to smoothly," he said.

He said that the members, who have been suspended on account of "unruly conduct were pressing for an explanation from the government on very troubling issues, to me, it appears to be appropriate to hear them on their points of view.

"Considering the factors that led to the suspension of 13 members, I would urge that the matter be re-looked into holistically and appropriate action taken for revoking the suspension and restoring order in the House," he said.

"It is primarily on account of factors such as these that following the attack on Parliament House on December 13, 2001, the then Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani made a detailed statement on the incident in the House, and members, notwithstanding their Party affiliation 'solidly' stood as one in the interest of the nation and institutions that symbolise the democratic traditions and heritage," the Congress leader said.