The Monsoon session of Parliament is to end on August 11.
Derek O’Brien sought to speak by invoking the pretense of raising a point of order. When the chairman requested him to specify the rule he was referencing, O’Brien cited Rule 267, the provision that the opposition has been using to call for a discussion on the Manipur issue since the commencement of the Monsoon session on July 20.
This infuriated the chairman, who said he is naming O’Brien.
Following this, Piyush Goyal, the Leader of the House and Union Minister, moved a motion to suspend the TMC leader for the duration of the Monsoon session.
Hardly before Goyal had risen, TMC MPs hurried to the well of the house, chanting slogans.
Chairman Dhankhar then declared that O’Brien had been suspended for the remainder of the Monsoon session.
Chairman had pulled up Derek O’Brien on Monday also.
The chair and O’Brien had a spat even during discussions on the Delhi services bill on Monday evening when Dhankhar accused Derek O’Brien of doing “theatrics” in the House to gain publicity during a heated debate on the Delhi services bill.
(With inputs from agencies)