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7 Members Suspended From Rajya Sabha, Seven Members Suspended From Rajya Sabha For Unruly Behaviour

Seven members of Rajya Sabha belonging to Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and an unattached MP were suspended today for remaining part of the budget session for their unruly behaviour in the House yesterday over the Women’s Reservation Bill.
The suspended members are Subhash Yadav (RJD), Sabir Ali (LJP), Veerpal Singh Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Kamal Akhtar (allSP), and Ejaz Ali (unattached).

The motion for their suspension was moved by minister of state for Parliamentary affairs Prithviraj Chavan and was passed by a voice vote.

The action was taken under Rule 256 of the House, for showing total “disregard for dignity of Council and authority of the chair” by obstructing the business of the House.

Yesterday, these members had indulged in unprecedented unruly scenes and even tried to attack chairman Hamid Ansari when the Womens’ Reservation Bill was moved by the government.

After their suspension, the House was adjourned by Ansari for the second time in the day.

As soon as the House re-assembled at 12 noon after the first adjournment of 55 minutes, Ansari directed laying of papers amid the uproar created by SP, RJD and LJP members who are opposed to the bill.

While the bill was not taken up, the chairman allowed Chavan to move the motion for suspension of the seven members under Rule 256 which does not allow any adjournment or debate.

After their suspension, members squatted in the well of the House and refused to leave. They were seen sitting till the press gallery was cleared.

Earlier, when the House re-assembled at 12, the SP and RJD members trooped into the well raising slogan against the bill, which provides for one-third reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

“Tanashahi Nahin Chalegi, Musalmanon Daliton ki Hissemari Nahin Chalegi (Dictatorship will not be tolerated. Share of Muslims and Dalits cannot be taken away),” members kept on shouting even as the chairman announced their suspension and adjournment of the House till 2pm.

Earlier in the morning, the House was adjourned till 12 noon when SP members disrupted the proceedings demanding implementation of Ranganath Misra Commission report during Question Hour for the second day.

Minimum Wages In Delhi, Minimum Wages, Minimum Wages In Delhi Increased By 33%

The Delhi Cabinet has approved the increase of minimum wages in delhi by 33%. According to the New wages in Delhi An unskilled worker will now get Rs 5,272 per month, a semi-skilled workers will get Rs 5,850 per month and skilled workers will be getting Rs 6,448 per month.

Daily wages in Delhi have also been increased for clerical and non-technical staff. In case of workers who are graduates and above, wages per month is Rs 7,020 which means Rs 270 per day. According to the New wages, minimum wages for unskilled labour is Rs 203 per day. For semi-skilled workers Rs 225 per day and for skilled workers Rs 248 per day.

The new wages in New Delhi will be effective from 1st February, 2010. Minimum wages in Delhi are now the highest in India.

Pentagon Shooting, Shooting At Pentagon, Pentagon On Lockdown, Shots Fired At Pentagon, Pentagon News

A gunman coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at a security checkpoint into the Pentagon in a point-blank attack that wounded two police officers before the suspect was fatally shot.

The two officers suffered grazing wounds and were being treated in a hospital after the Thursday (Friday NZ time) shooting, said Richard Keevill, chief of Pentagon police. The shooter, identified as John Patrick Bedell, 36, of California, died hours after being admitted to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said. They had no motive for the shooting.

The shooter walked up to the checkpoint at the Pentagon’s subway entrance in an apparent attempt to get inside the massively fortified Defense Department headquarters. “He just reached in his pocket, pulled out a gun and started shooting” no more than five feet away, Keevill said. “He walked up very cool. He had no real emotion on his face.” The Pentagon officers returned fire with semiautomatic weapons.

Bedell’s death was confirmed on Friday by Beverly Fields, chief of staff of the Washington medical examiner’s office; and Leigh Fields, medical legal investigator for the office. Both said Bedell’s body had arrived at the medical examiner’s office.

The assault at the very threshold of the Pentagon – the US capital’s ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001 – came four months after a deadly attack on the Army’s Fort Hood, Texas, post allegedly by a US Army psychiatrist with radical Islamic leanings. In the immediate aftermath Thursday, investigators did not think terrorism was involved but were not ruling that out and did not discuss possible motives.

President Barack Obama was closely following the case with updates from the FBI through his homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan,” White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as John Patrick Bedell, 36. They also said they were speaking with a second man, who might have accompanied the shooter, and were running his name through databases.

The subway station is immediately adjacent to the Pentagon building, a five-sided northern Virginia colossus across the Potomac River from Washington. Since a redesign following the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, riders can no longer disembark directly into the building. Riders take a long escalator ride to the surface from the underground station, then pass through a security check outside the doors of the building, where further security awaits.
After the attack, all Pentagon entrances were secured, then all were reopened except one from the subway, said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman. He said the subway entrance was likely to remain closed overnight at least.

Keevill said the gunman gave no clue to the officers at the checkpoint about what he was going to do.

“There was no distress,” he said. “When he reached into his pocket, they assumed he was going to get a pass and he came up with a gun.”

“He wasn’t pretending to be anyone. He was wearing a coat and walked up and just started shooting.”

Keevill added: “We have layers of security and it worked. He never got inside the building to hurt anyone.”