Suspended MPs Protesting on Parliament Lawn in New Delhi

Post published:22 September 20
Post category:Farmers Protest / India

Suspended MPs Protesting on Parliament Lawn in New Delhi

New Delhi:Eight opposition members of the Rajya Sabha including Trinamool Congress’s Derek O’Brien, Aam Aadmi Party’s Sanjay singh, Congress’s Rajeev Satav and CPM’s KK Ragesh,, suspended yesterday from rajya Sabha over the massive chaos when controversial farm bills were passed in Rajya Sabha on Sunday, spent the night on the parliament lawns and declared that they were on an indefinite protest.

Yesterday they refused to leave the Rajya Sabha, which was adjourned five times.

Protesting members of parliament moved their protest to the parliament lawns, near Mahatma Gandhi’s statue, where they spread out sheets and sit down holding placards, “We will fight for farmers” and “parliament assassinated”.

With pillows, blankets, two fans and mosquito repellants, the suspended MPs protesting from Parliament lawn. “We would like the government to know that this is an indefinite protest,” Derek O’Brien told reporters.

Opposition parties leaders from various parties have been visiting them in solidarity, including Farooq Abdullah (National Conference), Deve Gowda (former Prime Minister), Jaya Bachchan (Samajwadi Party) and Ahmed Patel (Congress), and Digvijaya Singh (Congress) sat with them for almost four hours.

Derek O’Brien said opposition laders sent food from their homes at regular intervals, especially for two diabetic members – Congress leader Ripun Boren and CPM’s Elamaram Kareem.

AAP’s Sanjay Singh said, “We are going to continue protesting against the farmer bills until the Modi government provides a reasoning behind passing on these bills without having the required votes”.