MP Santanu Sen suspended from Parliament after Pegasus tiff

MP Santanu Sen of the Trinamool Congress has been suspended from the parliament. This move comes a day after he snatched the Pegasus statement from the Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

MP Sen snatched the piece of paper from the IT minister and tore it into pieces, on Thursday. Following which there was a heated exchange between the TMC and BJP MPs. The IT Minister was giving his statement on the Pegasus Project when this happened.

Post which, there was a verbal spat between Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and MP Santanu Sen. Marshals intervened to bring the situation back to normal.


In a statement to ANI, Swapan Dasgupta BJP MP said, "It seems that some people of Opposition, notably some of the TMC MPs, got up and took the paper from the hands of the IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw while he was speaking on 'Pegasus' and tore it up. This is completely unseemly behaviour."

"He was making a statement, you had a right to question him after that but instead of going in for a debate, is this the type of hooliganism we see inside the House? This is completely against all norms, I think it should be condemned outright," he added.