Wave of suspensions in Parl: Count hits 141

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Wednesday, 20 December 2023

The Lok Sabha Speaker suspended 49 more Opposition members on Tuesday, a day after a record 78 parliamentarians from both houses were ordered out till at least the end of the Winter session, deepening the crisis in India’s Parliament where some crucial bills were tabled, briefly discussed, and sailed through.

With Tuesday’s 49, Monday’s 78, and the 14 last week, a total of 141 Opposition members have now been suspended from Parliament. Of these, 95 are from the Lok Sabha and 46 from the Rajya Sabha.The number is unprecedented, and far surpasses the 63 lawmakers who were suspended in 1989 during a debate on a report on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination.

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THE BIG STORY

Wave of suspensions in Parl: Count hits 141

The Lok Sabha Speaker suspended 49 more Opposition members on Tuesday, a day after a record 78 parliamentarians from both houses were ordered out till at least the end of the Winter session, deepening the crisis in India’s Parliament where some crucial bills were tabled, briefly discussed, and sailed through.

Among the MPs ordered out in the latest wave of were Nationalist Congress Party’s Supriya Sule, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference MP Farooq Abdullah, Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Karti Chidambaram, Bahujan Samaj Party’s Danish Ali, and Samajwadi Party’s Dimple Yadav. Read more.

FROM THE FIELD

1991 Act not violated: HC on Gyanvapi pleas

A bouquet of pleas filed by Hindu petitioners seeking worshipping rights inside the Gyanvapi Masjid complex and the removal of the mosque is not barred by the 1991 Places of Worship Act, the Allahabad high court ruled on Tuesday, marking a crucial turn in the decades-old dispute that will have reverberations across a raft of similarly sensitive cases. Read more.

THE BIG QUESTION

Who were the costliest buys at the IPL auction?

The record for the most expensive signing in Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions fell twice in quick succession on Tuesday as the ₹20 crore mark was breached for the first time in the cash-rich T20 league’s 15-year history. Australian pacers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins were responsible for the record-breaking numbers in Dubai, securing unprecedented bids of ₹24.75 crore and ₹20.5 crore from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) respectively.

The highest bid before Tuesday was ₹18.5 crore for England’s Sam Curran by Punjab Kings at the auction for IPL 2023. Read more.

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Written and edited by Kartikeya Ramanathan. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. Send your feedback to kartikeya.ramanathan@hindustantimes.com shad.hasnain@partner.htdigital.in

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