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Live: Rajya Sabha Chairman asks TMC MP Sukhendu Roy to withdraw from House for the day

TMC gave a notice in the House to suspend all other business and dedicate its time for discussion on the alleged AugustaWestland scam.

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Ahead of Monday’s session in Rajya Sabha, TMC gave a notice in the House to suspend all other business and dedicate its time for discussion on the alleged AugustaWestland scam. The Congress party, which has been facing the heat, held a strategy meeting in the parliament at 10:00 am. ANI reports that the Congress is likely to raise the National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) issue in the parliament on Monday.

Earlier on Sunday, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had said that he will place the documents related to AugustaWestland deal in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.


Live updates:

12:35 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm as Congress continues protests over CAG report on Gujarat’s petroleum corporation

12:33 pm: TMC members walkout of Rajya Sabha after Roy asked to leave the House for the day

12:30 pm: Rajya Sabha chairman Mohammed Hamid Ansari invokes rule 255 against TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy,asks him to leave – ANI


11:12 am: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12:30 pm following uproar in the house


11:10 am: TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy raises AugustaWestland issue in Rajya Sabha, asks Defence Minister to give statement, says ‘who are the bribe takers’?

11:05 am: Ruckus in the house as members walk in the well raising slogans over AugustsWestland


11:00 am: Rajya Sabha session begins

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