Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Faces Suspension For 'Misconduct' In Lok Sabha

The motion was moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi and was passed by voice vote in Lok Sabha in the absence of Opposition leaders who earlier walked out.

Congress Leader Adhir Ranjan.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury faces suspension from the Lok Sabha after the House adopted a motion on his "misconduct". The motion was moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi and was passed by voice vote in Lok Sabha in the absence of Opposition leaders who earlier walked out.

"The Opposition leader caused repeated disturbances when PM Modi or other ministers spoke. This became habitual despite repeated warnings. He also made baseless allegations to spoil the nations image. Due to this deliberate and repeated misconduct of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, I move the motion to refer this matter to the privileges committee of the House for further investigation and suspend the MP till the panel submits its report," Pralhad Joshi stated.

#WATCH | Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi moved a resolution that "that this House having taken the serious note of the gross, deliberate and repeated misconduct of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in utter disregard to the House and authority of Chair resolve that the matter… pic.twitter.com/UeGoHNCDXf

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Speaking on the motion, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said: "Derek O'Brien's suspension process, AAP MP in Lok Sabha (Sushil Kumar Rinku)'s suspension and now Leader of Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's suspension process - BJP has been creating obstructions for I.N.D.I.A. in putting forth its voice. But we will not step back, we will go ahead and work together. We will raise our voices for our rights and for the issues of the people. In the end, we will win."

#WATCH | Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi says, "Derek O'Brien's suspension process, AAP MP in Lok Sabha (Sushil Kumar Rinku)'s suspension and now Leader of Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's suspension process - BJP has been creating obstructions for I.N.D.I.A. in putting forth its… https://t.co/lFaAMZ3yKr pic.twitter.com/BOsydB0OjN

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Earlier today, while drawing a parallel between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the epic Mahabharat, Adhir Ranjan stated he was blind to the plight of the people of the northeast state in the same way as “Dhritrashtra during Droupadi’s vastra haran”.

He also compared PM Modi with fugitive businessman Nirav Modi. He added that because of the pressure brought to bear on PM Modi by the Opposition alliance that he finally showed up in the Parliament.

"The power of no-confidence motion has brought the Prime Minister in the Parliament today. None of us were thinking about this no-confidence motion. We were only demanding that PM Modi should come to the Parliament and speak on the Manipur issue. We were not demanding any BJP member to come to the Parliament, we were only demanding our PM to come," Chowdhury had said.

The Congress leader further said that the issue of Manipur could no longer be confined to any state as it has "already assumed a global dimension."

"That is why Prime Minister's intervention is indispensable. That was our argument," he added.