Lok Sabha lawmakers on Tuesday committed to maintaining dignified conduct to uphold decorum in the House as Speaker Om Birla revoked the suspension of eight Opposition MPs. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju, meanwhile, suggested drawing a “Lakshman Rekha” (clear boundary) between the Treasury and Opposition benches, while Congress Chief Whip K Suresh expressed regret for the “inadvertent indiscretion” by some of the members on February 3.. Opposition MPs protest in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delh earlier this year. (File photo) (Sansad TV). Following submissions by several opposition members, Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju moved a motion to revoke the suspension of seven Congress MPs and one CPI(M) member, which the House adopted by a voice vote.. “The House belongs to everyone. No one would want members to be suspended and remain outside… Everyone has been chosen by the public to put forward their concerns, not for tearing and throwing papers, standing on tables, and fighting,” Rijiju said.. He added: “No one here would wish to see any member of this House suspended and excluded. We are all colleagues. This is the temple of democracy. The public has elected and sent us all here to voice their concerns. We have not been sent here to tear up and throw papers, to climb onto tables, or to engage in physical altercations. We understand our responsibilities very well. Accordingly, if a ‘Lakshman Rekha’—a clear boundary—were to be drawn, it would greatly assist the Honorable Speaker in conducting the proceedings of the House in the future. Therefore, I would like to begin by noting that Mr. Suresh, in his initial remarks, used the word ‘regret.’ If someone expresses regret for their mistake, then we, too, are in agreement with that sentiment.”. Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Hibi Eden, C Kiran Kumar Reddy, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Manickam Tagore, Prashant Padole and Dean Kuriakose (all Congress) and S Ventakesan of the CPI(M) were suspended on February 3.. Addressing the House, Speaker Birla reminded that all leaders had agreed to cooperate in upholding the “dignity, prestige and glorious tradition” of the House. He cautioned that “fake and AI-generated photos, placards and banners could not be presented inside the Lok Sabha and at the Parliament complex, as written in an instruction given to all MPs.”. Rijiju announced that the suspension of the eight MPs, which was effective until the end of the ongoing Budget sessions, had now been revoked.. Earlier, during the discussion, Congress MP K. Suresh said, “For the last few weeks, eight Hon’ble members belonging to INC and CPI(M) have been suspended. Whatever indiscretion may have inadvertently happened is regretted. I request the government, through the Hon’ble Speaker, to kindly revoke their suspension.”. Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav said that it was the responsibility of all members of the Parliam
