Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has asked a parliamentary committee to investigate the alleged breach of privilege by 12 MPs from the Congress and the AAP for repeatedly entering the well of the House, shouting slogans and obstructing its proceeding.
The direction by the chairman comes after the Rajya Sabha witnessed disruptions due to protests by the Opposition MPs over various issues during a session of the Union Budget.Nine members of Parliament from the Congress party and three from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are under the ambit of the probe.
Shaktisinh Gohil, Naranbhai J Rathwa, Syed Nasir Hussain, Kumar Ketkar, Imran Prattapgarhi, L Hanumanthaiah, Phulo Devi Netam, Jebi Mather Hisham and Ranjeet Ranjan are the nine MPs from the Congress party.
