Following an adjournment, when the House met at 3pm, Meenakshi Lekhi, who was presiding the house, named Gaurav Gogoi, T N Prathapan, Dean Kuriakose, Manicka Tagore, Rajmohan Unnithan, Benny Behanan and Gurjeet Singh Aujla.
However, if name of a member is taken once, he or she cannot attend the house for that day. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi then moved a motion to suspend these members from the House for the remaining period of the Budget session. The motion was later passed by a voice vote despite the protest by opposition members.
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Lekhi then asked the seven members to leave Lok Sabha chambers immediately and then adjourned the House for the day.
However, later as the opposition raised questions on the suspension, the Speaker set up a committee to probe the government's demand for termination of membership of Congress MPs.