New Delhi, March 5: Seven Congress MPs were suspended from the Lok Sabha by speaker Om Birla for rest of the Budget session. The MPs were suspended for unruly behaviour in the Lower House. According to some media reports, the Congress MPs had also thrown papers on the speake  and created ruckus in the house. Smriti Irani Heckled in Lok Sabha by 'Charging' Congress MPs, Speaker Adjourns House as BJP Members Protest.

The suspended MPs are - Gaurav Gogoi, TN Prathapan, Dean Kuriakose, R Unnithan, Manick Tagore, Benny Behnan and Gurjit Aujla. The opposition parties were demanding discussion on the Delhi violence, but Birla refused to hold it before the festival of Holi. The house was adjourned for the rest of the day. The second half of the budget session will end on April 3.

Congress leader in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed the governemnt over the suspension of the MPs. He alleged that the speaker had taken the decision at the government's behest. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Pralhad Joshi said that his party had requested Birla to set up a panel to look into the matter. He said, "They reached the height of indiscipline & arrogance. Some pieces of paper were directly thrown at Speaker's chair (in Lok Sabha). This is highly condemnable and unpardonable."

Earlier this week, Congress MP Ramya Haridas alleged the BJP lawmaker Jaskaur Meena for assaulting her in the house. However, Meena denied these allegations. Haridas has also written to the Speaker accusing the BJP MP of heckling her. As per reports, when the scuffle broke out, ministers -Smriti Irani and Ravi Shankar Prasad - intervened to calm down both the parties.

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