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Parliament Updates: The Lok Sabha passed a resolution on Thursday suspending 13 opposition MPs for the remainder of the session for "unruly conduct." The announcement was made by Pralhad Joshi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister in the lower house of parliament. Of the total suspended legislators, at least five MPs are from Congress. Among the members suspended include enny Behanan, VK Sreekandan, Mohammad Jawed, PR Natarajan, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, K Subrahmanyam, S Venkatesan and Manickam Tagore. Besides, Prathapan, Hibi Eden, Kuriakose, Jothi Mani, and Ramya Haridas were also suspended.

"I move the following that this House having taken misconduct of TN Prathapan, Hibi Eden, Jothimani, Ramya Haridas and Dean Kuriakose Kuryakus in utter disregard to the House and the authority of this Chair and having been named by the chair...to be suspended from the service of the House for reminder session," the resolution read.

 

The total number of members suspended in Lok Sabha is 14 and one was suspended from Rajya Sabha.

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien was asked by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar terming his continued presence "outrageous defiance" of his directions and rules.

Derek O' Brien was suspended from the remainder of the winter session of Parliament for "gross misconduct" in the pre-lunch session after a motion was moved by BJP leader and Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who is also Leader of the House. The House was later adjourned.

Earlier in the day, Opposition leaders met in the chamber of the LoP, Rajya Sabha to discuss the Parliament security breach.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the Opposition members decided to raise the security breach strongly in both the Houses.

"Proper security arrangements should have been made before shifting the members to the new parliament building. Despite such a massive security breach, neither the PM nor the Home Minister has made any statement. There should be a discussion on this. There was a glaring intelligence failure. PM Modi and Amit Shah could have apprised our MP (on steps being taken in the wake of the breach). He caught one of the cansters," Chowdhury said.

"If they can't secure the members in Parliament, how can they assure the security of the country? We have also been raising the issue of unemployment," the Congress MP added.

(With input from agencies)

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