Overview
- The House revoked the suspensions by voice vote on March 17, reversing penalties imposed on February 3 for unruly conduct.
- Congress chief whip K. Suresh expressed regret for members’ behaviour before Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju moved the revocation motion, which secured broad support.
- The reinstated MPs are Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Hibi Eden, C. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Manickam Tagore, Prashant Padole, Dean Kuriakose (all Congress) and S. Venkatesan (CPI-M).
- Parties agreed to a ‘Lakshman Rekha’ on conduct that bars entering the Well, crossing to opposite benches, and tearing or throwing papers, with a Secretariat bulletin reiterating bans on placards, posters and derogatory AI-generated imagery.
- Despite the agreement, proceedings featured heated exchanges between Treasury and Opposition benches as the revocation was debated.