BJP’s women MPs urge Speaker to take action against Opposition MPs for Feb. 4 ruckus

BJP's women MPs person urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to instrumentality the strongest imaginable enactment against the Opposition MPs who person committed "heinous acts" similar moving heavy wrong treasury benches, climbing the array and laying a siege of the spot of the Prime Minister.

The women MPs of the BJP besides said that the "alarming crook of events" successful the precincts of the Lok Sabha connected February 4 has near everyone profoundly concerned, arsenic the concern had the imaginable to effect successful superior and untoward consequences and could person marked 1 of the "darkest moments" successful the past of India's parliamentary democracy.

On February 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not reply to the debate connected the Motion of Thanks to the President's code to Parliament owed to the Opposition protests.

In their letter, the BJP's women MPs said they privation to enactment connected grounds their heavy consciousness of gratitude and appreciation for the exemplary mode successful which the Speaker upheld and protected the dignity, decorum, and sanctity of the Lok Sabha connected February 4 during the treatment connected the Motion of Thanks to the President's address.

On that day, the missive said that the full House, and the full nation, witnessed 1 of the "most unfortunate and regrettable incidents" wrong the Lok Sabha chamber.

"We saw that the members belonging to absorption parties not conscionable entered the good of the House, but they besides climbed connected the table, tore papers and threw them towards the Chair.

"Moreover, distressingly, definite women Hon'ble Members crossed implicit to the different broadside with assertive demeanour and banners and placards successful their hands. They not lone laid a siege of the spot of the Hon'ble Prime Minister but besides moved heavy wrong the treasury benches wherever elder Ministers are seated," the MPs said successful the letter.

The MPs said adjacent though highly agitated and furious astatine this sedate provocation, the members belonging to the ruling enactment however, connected the absorption of the elder leaders, exercised utmost restraint and did not retaliate successful immoderate manner.

"Had we not exercised restraint, an disfigured concern could person been created. To marque matters adjacent much serious, afterwards, we saw that the absorption MPs went successful aggressively towards your Chamber. We could perceive large voices coming from wrong your Chamber," the missive said.

The BJP's women MPs said, "We, therefore, impulse you to instrumentality strongest imaginable enactment nether the rules, against the absorption MPs who person committed specified heinous acts wrong the precincts of the House and brought disrepute to our antiauthoritarian institutions".

They besides said that during the astir 7 years of Birla's tenure arsenic the Presiding Officer of the House, helium has consistently endeavoured to heighten its prestige and effectiveness.

The MPs said arsenic Speaker of the Lok Sabha, helium has ever displayed impartiality and fixed adjacent accidental to each members irrespective of enactment affiliations.

"We, therefore, repose implicit religion and assurance successful your enactment and consciousness that the Lok Sabha is fortunate to person you arsenic its custodian," they said.

The Lok Sabha has been witnessing disruptions since February 2, aft Congress person Rahul Gandhi was disallowed by the Chair from quoting from an nonfiction based connected excerpts of erstwhile Army main M M Naravane's "unpublished memoir", which has references to the India-China struggle of 2020.

On February 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not reply to the statement connected the Motion of Thanks owed to absorption protests. In an unprecedented move, the Motion of Thanks was passed connected February 5 without the customary code by the premier minister. The Speaker work retired the Motion of Thanks to the President for her address, and it was passed by a dependable vote, amid sloganeering by absorption members.

Birla had besides said that helium received factual accusation that galore Congress MPs could transportation retired an "unexpected act" by reaching the spot wherever PM Modi sits and, therefore, helium asked him not to travel to the House to present his address.

Congress person Priyanka Gandhi Vadra refuted this.

Eight Opposition members were suspended for the remainder of Budget session for unruly behaviour successful the House.