Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: In the wake of pepper spray attack incident that led to complete pandemonium in Lok Sabha on Thursday, Lok Sabha Speaker has directed the Committee on Security to convene an emergency meeting on Monday to consider various options, which includes frisking of MPs, to prevent a repeat of such shameful incident.
According to reports, a Congress member from Telangana has complained to the Speaker for initiating criminal action against expelled party lawmaker L Rajagopal, who used pepper spray in the House, and TDP member Venugopal Reddy.
News agency PTI later reported that Ponnam Prabhakar will file a complaint with Parliament street police station.
"In order to consider the events in the House on Thursday, the Speaker has directed that an emergency meeting of the Committee on Security in Parliament Complex should be called on Monday," a Lok Sabha Secretariat release said.
The Committee on Security, headed by Deputy Speaker Karia Munda, will be examining all security-related matters including the means to prevent bringing of dangerous and life-threatening material into the Chamber of the House by the Members of Parliament.
"The pros and cons about the various security measures that should be adopted will be considered in detail by the Committee", the release said without elaborating on the mechanism to be adopted.
Rajagopal attracted widespread condemnation after his use of pepper spray in the Lok Sabha to thwart introduction of the Telangana bill. The House had witnessed unprecedented ugly scenes.
The Speaker has dubbed the incident as a "blot" on India`s parliamentary traditions and insisted members maintain the highest standards of decorum and uphold democratic values which have been assiduously nurtured all these six decades in the country.
With PTI Inputs
