141 MPs Suspended In Record-Breaking Parliament Standoff

Adding to the shock surrounding the suspension of 79 Opposition MPs from Parliament in a single day, as many as 49 members faced the same action today. This has taken the total number of MPs suspended this session to a whopping 141, the highest ever. National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Karti Chidambaram, NCP's Supriya Sule and Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav are among the MPs suspended by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for disrupting proceedings today. Meanwhile, as opposition protested outside, TMC MP stoked a row by mimicking Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was seen filming it. Mr Dhankhar has called the incident "unacceptable".