Tuesday, October 18, 2011: The speaker has revoked the suspension of
TV Rajesh and James Mathew on Tuesday morning. This was intimated to all
members by the Speaker.
The Opposition members had been holding a dharna inside the house ever since the suspension was announced on Monday.
Amidst the pandemonium in the house, the question hour and zero hour
were suspended. Chief minister Oomen Chandy felt that amidst the uproar,
the two sessions could not be held, and passed the ruling with a voice
vote. When the house began its session in the morning, the members
started their protest and following this both the sessions were
suspended.
Speaker Karthikeyan read out the ruling by the former speaker
Vijakumar in 2000 that a sit-in dharna cannot be held inside the House.
The two suspended MLAs, who were holding a dharna from yesterday inside
the house, were taken to the Opposition leader’s office after holding
discussions with the Opposition leaders. And following this the speaker
decided to wind up the session.
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