New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Monday revoked
suspension of four Samajwadi Party members, who were punished
for their unruly behaviour while protesting against the
Women's Reservation Bill passed by the Upper House on March 9.
A government resolution for revocation of suspension of
the SP members - Veerpal Singh Yadav, Kamal Akhtar, Nand
Kishore Yadav, Aamir Alam Khan - was adopted by the House.
Following this, Deputy Chairman K Rehman Khan announced the
revocation of their suspension.
Three others - Subhash Yadav (Rashtriya Samajwadi Party),
Sabir Ali (Lok Janshakti Party) and Ejaz Ali (unattached) -
were also suspended along with the SP members till the end of
the current session.
All the seven were marshalled out amidst uproar as they
protested the Constitutional Amendment Bill, providing for
reservation of one-third seats for women in the Lok Sabha and
the state Assemblies.
No official reason was cited for revocation of suspension
of the SP members. Besides, there was no mention in the
resolution about the three other suspended members.
Nand Kishore Yadav had confirmed on March 12 that he and
his other party colleagues had met Ansari, but refused to
admit that they had apologised.
"We did meet the Chairman. He had called us. Neither he
nor we did raise the issue (of the MPs' conduct)," Yadav had
said.
PTI
First Published: Monday, March 15, 2010, 13:29