NEW DELHI : Speaker Meira Kumar today suspended 10 members from Andhra Pradesh for disrupting the Lok Sabha after the government did not press for the motion for their suspension to be put to vote of the House.
Ms Kumar invoked Rule 374(A) to order withdrawal of the memebrs — Sarvashri A Sai Prathap, Nimalla Kristappa, Anantha Venkatarami Reddy, L Rajagopal, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Modugula Venugopala Reddy, Aruna Kumar Vundavalli, Konakalla Narayan Rao, G V Harsha Kumar and Niramalli Sivaprasad.
Naming the members, she said: “You may forthwith withdraw from the precincts of the House.”
They have been making vociferous protests against the decision to create a separate state of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh ever since the Monsoon Session begin on August 5.
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