lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday said that she took the tough action of suspending the 25 Congress MPs as a last resort and it was a last option due to the persistent disruptions of proceedings.
She was addressing the House in her concluding speech before the lok Sabha was adjourned sine die. She hoped the Chair would not be forced to resort to such a step in future.
“Members, I want to share my thoughts with you. Ever since the Session started, some members have been coming to the Well and disrupting the proceedings. I was requesting them not to show placards and come to the Well of the House. Though they have a right to register their protest, yet this is not the way,” she said.
Noting that she had convened an all-party meeting, she said she had impressed upon the leaders that under the Parliamentary system, every issue can be discussed and a solution can be found. “But since the members continued to persistently disrupt the proceedings, I had to resort to suspension of some members,” she added.
Mahajan lamented the wastage of time over disruptions and hoped that future Sessions would see some work happening. “I am confident that in the coming Sessions, we will continue to work better and more,” she said.
She noted that in earlier Sessions during the current lok Sabha, the House had set a benchmark of high standards and productivity ratio was well over 100 per cent.