Mamata fumes at suspension of MPs

Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday condemned the suspension of eight MPs who fought to protect the interests of farmers in Parliament, dubbing the move as "unfortunate".Banerjee also came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre protesting its "undemocratic norms and principles" of functioning."Suspension of the eight MPs who fought to protect farmers' interests is unfortunate and reflective of this autocratic Government's mindset that doesn't respect democratic norms and principles," Banerjee tweeted.Eight opposition members, including Trinamool Congress' Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien, were suspended from the Rajya Sabha this morning for the rest of the session over unprecedented chaos in the Upper House during the passing of controversial farm bills on Sunday.Besides O'Brien, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s Sanjay Singh, Congress's Rajeev Satav and CPI-M's KK Ragesh, were told they had displayed "unruly behaviour especially with the Chair and gross disorderly conduct"."We won't bow down and we will fight this fascist Government in Parliament and on the streets," the Trinamool supremo added in her tweet, accusing the BJP of killing democracy in the country.
--IANS sbn/ash