Many Oppn MPs pleaded for suspension, says Joshi

‘After some MPs were suspended, many others wanted to follow suit’

- RAJESH KUMAR

A DAY after the winter session of Parliament concluded, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi criticised the tumult over the suspension of several Opposition members from both Houses.

During a media briefing on Friday, Joshi reproached the Opposition for unnecessary disruptions and noise in the recently concluded winter session. The government initially had no intention of suspending numerous MPs from the Lok Sabha, he said.

Joshi claimed that it was the Opposition members themselves who requested their suspensions. "The government never intended to suspend so many MPs from the Lok Sabha.

The fact is that Opposition members came with requests for their own suspension after some of their colleagues were suspended," he said.