Ready to revoke suspension of Congress MPs: Naidu

He said that the demand for the resignations of the then UPA ministers had been made by the BJP on the basis of investigations and the Comptroller and Auditor General’s reports.

Mahajan had suspended 25 Congress members on Tuesday for disrupting the house proceedings.

“I have not taken the decision immediately”.

Earlier, the Lok Sabha secretariat had said 27 members have been suspended. Responding to the BJP’s charges that the Congress was responsible for the stalemate in Parliament, Ms Gandhi said, “It is the duty of the Government to ensure that the Parliament run smoothly”.

“Vyapam scam has destroyed lives of thousands”.

“A mother sometimes has to be strict to control her children”, she said at a book release function here, without referring to the yesterday’s episode in Lok Sabha.

“We will not budge from our stand and there will be no let-up in out pressure (on government) as far as issues of corruption, Sushma Swaraj and Vyapam are concerned”, Rahul told reporters. However, a number of the Congress members staged a sit-in in the House.

The BJP appealed to the Congress to reconsider its boycott of the Lok Sabha.

The Rajya Sabha has been facing continuous disruptions since the start of parliament’s monsoon session since July 21. I had also been a Parliamentary Affairs Minister.

Soon, Sonia’s chamber was witnessing a virtual congregation, with members present from Trinamul, the Left parties, Nationalist Congress Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, JDU and others.

Mr Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Mr. P. Karunakaran (CPI-M) urged the chair not to name the members, saying it would only worsen the situation.

“Is this their (Congress) culture?” In this it is receiving steadfast support from the Left and the Janata Dal(U). The party assessment is that its protests and the suspension has boosted its campaign against the government. The charges against Rajasthan Chief Minister Raje on the Lalit Modi case are feeding into her larger “unpopularity” according to Congress sources in the state where she is seen as inaccessible and arrogant.

The GST bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha, where the BJP has the majority, but it still needs a two-third vote in the Rajya Sabha.