5 BJP, 7 rebel Congress MLAs suspended from Assam Assembly

Five BJP MLAs and seven rebel Congress members, who had joined the saffron party, were today suspended from the Assam Assembly for the entire session by the Speaker for disobeying his ruling and disrupting the House.
Speaker Pranab Gogoi gave the ruling just before the start of the question hour that "all the BJP members and the Congress MLAs protesting under the BJP banner" are suspended from the House for the entire five-day Session.
However, he clarified later to the media that "only those present in the House today are suspended".
"BJP's Dilip Moran and Congress' dissident members Pallab Lochan Das and Pradan Barua were not present today. So they are not suspended and they can attend the House from tomorrow," Gogoi explained.

Earlier in the morning the Speaker's statement that all six BJP members and nine dissident Congress members were suspended led to confusion about the number of legislators against whom action has been taken.
BJP MLA and legislative party leader Jadav Chandra Deka, who claimed he has not received any written order, said all 15 members have been suspended.

Meanwhile, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rockybul Hussain urged the Speaker at the behest of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to review the suspension order of the BJP MLAs and allow them to attend the session.
Reacting to this, the Speaker said, "There will be no review. There is a possibility that the BJP members will continue to disrupt the House in this session. That is why I have taken this tough stand."

Earlier, when the House assembled for its business after the Monsoon session, Deka demanded scrapping of the question hour and pressed for a discussion on the "deteriorating law and order situation of the state".
"The law and order situation is deteriorating day by day. Hindi-speaking people are being tortured and Jehadi activities are on the rise. Allow us to discuss the issues today itself," he added.