Parliament suspensions: LS count touches 100, only 90 INDIA bloc MPs left in Parliament

But the ruling BJP has pushed on with legislative business despite the suspensions, including taking up for consideration and passing the three Bills seeking to overhaul the criminal laws, and the passage of the Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill and the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday.

Of the total 146 suspended MPs, 100 are from the Lok Sabha and 46 from the Rajya Sabha, comprising the members of the Opposition INDIA bloc except Danish Ali, the BSP’s Lok Sabha member, who was recently suspended from his party for “anti-party activities”.

Suspensions in Lok Sabha

Of the total 139 INDIA bloc MPs in the Lok Sabha, just 40 still remain in the Lok Sabha – including 7 from the Congress, 9 from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and 8 from the DMK.

The Congress, as the largest Opposition party, has seen the most suspensions with 41 of its 48 MPs out for the remainder of the session, including Leader of the Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. (Express graphic)

The Congress, as the largest Opposition party, has seen the most suspensions with 41 of its 48 MPs out for the remainder of the session, including Leader of the Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. But there are still some notable Congress faces among those who have not been suspended, including former party presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Among the 10 Congress MPs not suspended is also Preneet Kaur, who is officially still a party member but was suspended from the party for “anti-party activities”.

After the Congress, the DMK, TMC and JD(U) faced the most suspensions at 16, 13 and 11 respectively. Among other notable leaders who have not been suspended is TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

Suspensions in Rajya Sabha

Of the 96 INDIA bloc MPs in the Upper House, 50 have not been suspended, including 11 from the Congress, 10 from the AAP and 5 each from the TMC, RJD and DMK.

In the Rajya Sabha, too, the Congress is the largest party with 30 MPs of whom 19 have been suspended.

In the Rajya Sabha, too, the Congress is the largest party with 30 MPs of whom 19 have been suspended. Eight of the TMC’s 13 MPs and five of the DMK’s 10 MPs have been suspended.

The Congress’s communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh and general secretary K C Venugopal, the CPI(M)’s John Brittas, the DMK’s deputy general secretary Kanimozhi and the TMC’s Derek O’Brien are among the notable suspensions.

However, several senior Congress leaders have not been suspended, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Union finance minister P Chidambaram and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh.

Some leaders from other INDIA bloc parties who are also left in the Upper House include NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha president Shibu Soren, AAP leader Raghav Chadha, RJD leader Misa Bharti, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary, and the Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut.