vIndianz.com (9 Mar, 2010) — NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha were adjourned for the second successive day today when the Women’s Reservation Bill that promises to reserve 33 percent of legislative seats to women, was taken up in Parliament. Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari suspended seven MPs and adjourned the house till 2 p.m. The RS MPs who were suspended are Samajwadi Party’s Kamal Akhtar, Veerpal Singh Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Nand Kishore Yadav, Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) Ejaz Ali, Lok Janshakti Party’s (LJP) Sabir Ali and Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) Subhash Prasad Yadav. The seven continued to squat near the chairman’s podium even after the house was adjourned.
Signs of trouble had been there since morning when a handful of MPs noisily voiced their protest against the passing the Women’s Bill.The protests continued when the house reassembled. About 10 MPs, including Akhtar and JD-U’s Ali, advanced towards the chairman’s podium shouting slogans like “Tanashahi nahi chalegi” (Down with dictatorship). Amid the pandemonium, Ansari called for official papers to be laid following which Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithiviraj Chavan moved a resolution for suspending the seven MPs. The resolution was passed by voice vote.
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