Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday has suspended 25 Congress MPs for five days for unruly behaviour in the House. An all-party meeting failed to break the parliamentary logjam, with the Congress and the NDA are reiterating their stated positions on the resignations over Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues.

"The Congress stuck to its demand of 'first resignations and then only the house will run'. However, other parties are of the view that the house should function and there should be debates and discussions on a lot of issues, from regional to national," Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said.

As Ms Mahajan announced about the punishment, the Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandopadhyay requested her to take a more lenient view, but the Speaker did not relent.

It has become a regular practice by the congress to stall the parliament, even after the government agreed for discussion on the matter. The congress that has lost the election and reduced to a mere 44 members which made them ineligible for the post of opposition leader, is determined to stall the development of the country. The irresponsible behavior of the congress members has affected the welfare measures announced by the Modi government. Congress is not able to digest their defeat at the hands of the country’s electorate.

The arrogant and adamant attitude of the congress has been viewed by the people of the country, who will be holding hands with Prime Minister Modi to have a congress mukt Bharath. The days of congress are numbered.

By Premji