NEW DELHI: AAP MP Raghav Chadha was on Friday suspended from Rajya Sabha for "gross violation of rules" after four MPs complained against him for naming them in a house panel without their consent.Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced that Chadha has been suspended for gross violation of rules and contemptuous conduct, pending the privileges committee report.His suspension followed a motion moved by the Leader of House Piyush Goyal who sought action against the AAP leader for including names of four members of Upper House in a proposed select committee for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023.The motion was passed by a voice vote.Hours after the announcement, Chadha slammed the BJP and asked if he was suspended because he asked questions from leaders of the ruling party.He further raised questions on what was his crime that led to his suspension adding that was it because he asked for justice from BJP over the Delhi Services Bill."Why was I suspended? What was my crime? Was I suspended because I asked questions from the leaders of the largest party that is the BJP? Or my crime was that I put forth my point on the Delhi Services bill - asked for justice from BJP...This week I received two notices from the Committee of Privileges...Opposition is not given a chance to speak in Parliament...BJP is accusing me of forging signatures but the truth is any MP can propose the name for the formation of any committee and neither the signature nor the written consent of the person whose name is proposed is required...", Raghav Chadha said.
The BJP had accused Chadha of forging signatures of the MPs in a motion related to the Delhi services bill in the upper house.The MPs had submitted their complaint against the Chadha for "inter-alia including their names without their consent, in violation of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business, in a motion on August 7".Chadha had proposed the constitution of a select committee to consider the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and had included the names of the four MPs.
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