Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Wednesday criticised the government at the Centre over the suspension of 146 MPs from Parliament's Winter Session over their demand for a detailed discussion on 13 December security breach and alleged that they have turned Parliament into a deep, dark chamber.
14 Opposition MPs - 13 from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha, were suspended for showing "disregard to the chair".
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar directed that the MP leave the House immediately.
Miffed over his speech shortened on the first day of Parliament’s Special Session, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien on Monday…
Derek O’Brien, a Rajya Sabha member for the Trinamool Congress TMC criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi harshly on Monday for…
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien hit out over the stalemate in the Parliament and called it "serious destruction of Parliament".
In the Chair was Sasmit Patra who condemned the act of O'Brien for throwing rule book towards the Chair which could have hit any official.
On Thursday, Trinamool's Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien and the party's Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar also arrived in Tripura.
After Modi commneted that people from Bengal are stopped from worshipping goddess Durga, O'Brien said in reality Rs 50,000 was provided as assistance to each Puja committee last year.
The minister said the highly publicised ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’, Rs 400 crore was spent on an advertisement campaign but 2021 Budget has zero allocation. In Bengal, Mamata Banerjee launched Kanyashree scheme and so far 67 lakh girls received direct cash benefits and so far Rs 9,400 crore spent for this scheme.
