New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Speaker Jagdeep Dhankar has suspended Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien for raising slogans demanding a discussion on the Manipur issue. The suspension is till the end of the annual session.
Derek was suspended for continuously disrupting the proceedings, behaving in a manner unbecoming a Rajya Sabha member and disobeying the Speaker. Parliament leader Piyush Goyal had presented the resolution pointing to this issue . After O’Brien’s suspension, the session was in turmoil. Following this, the session was temporarily suspended.
