Six members of the Lok Sabha belonging to the ruling party have been expelled but the protests have refused to die down.
While protests had become routine a new tactic was adopted in the last session—holding of big placards in front of the Chair, be it the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha.
The table in the Well, which is an extension of the Chair, where the Secretary General and other officials seat, also came under increasing attack with papers being virtually snatched from them. It occured in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. It prompted ruling party members throwing a security cordon around the top leaders inside the two Houses.
The 15th Lok Sabha also saw immediate disqualification of Lalu Prasad (RJD) and Jagdish Sharma (JD-U) after their conviction in the fodder scam.
Theirs was the first disqualification from the Lok Sabha after the Supreme Court struck down a provision that protects a convicted lawmaker from disqualification on the ground of pendency of appeal in higher courts.
While Prasad stands disqualified for a total of 11 years - five years of jail term and six years subsequent to his release - Sharma stands disqualified for ten years – four years in jail and six more years after that as per electoral laws.
