NDA MPs refuse to surrender salary and allowances worth Rs 36.12 million

'I used to go daily, if House did not run, it is not my fault,' says Subramanian Swamy

To protest non-functioning of the second half the Budget session, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Members of Parliament would be surrendering salary and allowances to the tune of Rs 36.12 million.

However, neither all BJP MPs nor some of its allies were keen to toe Wednesday's diktat by the BJP leadership.

On Wednesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar had announced that all NDA MPs would surrender their salaries and allowances of the entire 23 days of the second half of the Budget session to protest disruptions by opposition parties.

Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, leader of Rashtriya Loktantrik Samata Party,