Eight Opposition MPs from Lok Sabha suspended for the remainder of Budget session

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju moved a solution successful Lok Sabha connected Tuesday (February 3, 2026), to suspend 8 Opposition MPs — 7 Congress MPs and 1 CPI(M) MP — for the remainder of the session. The suspended members are Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Hibi Eden, C. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Manickam Tagore, Prashant Padole and Dean Kuriakose (all Congress) and CPI(M)’s S. Venkatesan.

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The said members were seen tearing up papers and throwing it towards the Chair prompting Mr. Rijiju to determination the resolution.

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The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the time aft the motion. The Lower House witnessed aggregate adjournments amidst Opposition protests arsenic the Leader of Opposition (LoP) successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was again prevented from quoting from erstwhile Army main M.M. Naravane’s unpublished memoir connected India-China conflict.

Congress members protested the Chair, K.P. Tenneti, calling different members to talk without the LoP completing his speech.

Prior to that, the Chair asked Mr. Gandhi to not deviate, but to instrumentality to speaking connected the President’s address. “The struggle betwixt China and the U.S. is the biggest planetary talking point. It is reflected some successful the Budget and the President’s address,” Mr. Gandhi said.

Mr. Gandhi further added that determination was a struggle betwixt India and China. The Chair past moved connected to different speakers. When nary from Opposition benches spoke, helium called Harish Balayogi of Telugu Desam Party, an NDA ally. That’s erstwhile Congress members escalated their protests.

Mr. Gandhi connected Tuesday (February 3) authenticated a transcript of an nonfiction successful the Lok Sabha which cited erstwhile Army main Naravane’s unpublished ‘memoir’. As soon arsenic helium was asked to talk connected the Motion of Thanks, helium cited the Speaker’s ruling of Monday (February 2) and authenticated the transcript of the article. “I person authenticated it,” helium said.

To authenticate a document, a subordinate has to taxable a signed transcript of it, affirming that it is close to the champion of his knowledge. Mr. Tenneti, who was chairing the House, asked him to array it and said, “We volition analyse it and get back”.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said Speaker Om Birla has fixed his ruling and Mr Gandhi is misleading. Mr. Rijiju said the authorities has conveyed its basal to K.C. Venugopal and Gaurav Gogoi.

Earlier, the Lower House was adjourned till 3 p.m., earlier that till 2 p.m., and earlier that till noon, with the Opposition continuing their protestation arsenic the House was proceeding assorted Motions.

On Monday (January 2), Mr. Gandhi was prevented from responding to Tejasvi Surya’s charges against the Congress enactment by utilizing quotes from erstwhile Army main M.M. Naravane’s unpublished memoir.

(with inputs from PTI)