Congress Stages Protest Outside Parliament

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other party MPs have staged a protest in front of the Gandhi statue outside the Parliament demanding the resignation of union home minister Amit Shah and in protest against the suspension of seven MPs from the Lok Sabha on Thursday for creating ruckus against the Delhi violence.

The Congress willalso meet Speaker Om Birla to seek revocation of the suspension.

The Lok Sabha onThursday passed a motion suspending seven Congress members for the remainingperiod of the Budget session for their "gross misconduct" after they snatchedpapers from Speaker Om Prakash Birla's table and for "utter disregard" forHouse rules.

The suspended membersfrom the Lok Sabha include Gaurav Gogoi, TN Prathapan, Dean Kuriakose, BennyBehananm, Manickam Tagore, Rajmohan Unnithan and Gurjeet Singh Aujla. Thesecond half of the budget session will end on April 3.

However, the LokSabha has been adjourned till 2 PM on Friday.