Seven TMC, Six DMK MPs Among 19 Suspended From Rajya Sabha For A Week Due To 'Misconduct'

Among those suspended, 7 MPs are from Trinamool Congress, 6 from DMK, 3 from Telangana Rashtra Samiti, 2 from CPI (M), and one from CPI.  

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New Delhi: Nineteen Opposition Members of Parliament from Rajya Sabha were suspended for the rest of the week on Tuesday for disruption, just a day  after the same action was taken against four Congress Lok Sabha MPs. Among those suspended, 7 MPs are from Trinamool Congress, 6 from DMK, 3 from Telangana Rashtra Samiti, 2 from CPI (M), and one from CPI.  

As per ABP News sources, the following members of Rajya Sabha have been suspended on grounds of misconduct":

1. Sushmita Dev from TMC
2. Mausam Noor from TMC
3. Shanta Chhetri from TMC 
4. Dola Sen from TMC
5. Santanu Sen from TMC
6. Abhi Ranjan Biswar from TMC
7. Md Nadimul Haque from TMC 
8. M Hamamed Abdulla from DMK 
9. B Lingaiah Yadav from TRS
10. A. A. Rahim from CPI(M)
11. Ravihandra Vaddiraju from TRS
12. S. Kalyanasundaram from DMK
13. R. Girranjan from DMK 
14. N. R. Elango from DMK 
15. V. Sivadasan from CPI(M)
16. M. Shanmugam from DMK 
17. Damodar Rao Divakonda from TRS
18. Sandosh Kumar P. from CPI
19. Kanimozhi NVN Somu from DMK 

On Monday four Lok Sabha MPs from Congress party were suspended for the rest of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament for dirupting proceedings of the House. The four MPs -- Manickam Tagore, TN Prathapan, Jothimani, and Ramya Haridas -- were suspended from Lok Sabha for the rest of the session for displaying placards and disrupting proceedings despite a warning by Speaker Om Birla, news agency PTI reported.

Following the suspension, the party described it as a "blot on democracy" and alleged that the government was trying to "intimidate" the party but it would not be cowed down.