At least 30 Opposition MPs were suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of Winter Session after they protested in the chamber, demanding that Union Home Minister Amit Shah address the House on the massive security breach in Parliament last week. The fresh round of suspension comes after 13 Opposition MPs faced the action last week for demanding a statement by the Home Minister.

Apart from this, three more MPs were suspended pending a report from the Privileges Committee. This means that a total of 46 MPs have been suspended, 43 of them for seeking the Home Minister’s statement on the security breach.

The suspended MPs include Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress’s leader in Lok Sabha, and Gaurav Gogoi, deputy leader of the party in the House. Trinamool MPs Kalyan Banerjee, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Saugata Ray and Satabdi Roy, and DMK members A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran are also on the list.

Speaking to the media, Mr Chowdhury said the government was behaving in a dictatorial manner and treating Parliament as BJP headquarters. He said the Opposition had been cooperating with the government ever since the session began.