Prominent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha, hitting the headlines again, has changed his Twitter bio to Suspended Member of Parliament, India. Chadha was suspended from the Rajya Sabha on Friday after accusations of forging the signatures of five Rajya Sabha MPs in a select committee motion. The suspension will sustain until the committee of privileges investigating the case against him submits its report.The motion of suspension was moved by Piyush Goyal who said Raghav Chadhas action was unethical. Chadhas conduct was unexpected and unbecoming of a member of Parliament, Goyal said accusing Chadha of breach of privilege.The controversy erupted when five Rajya Sabha MPs – S Phangnon Konyak, Narhari Amin and Sudhanshu Trivedi of BJP, M Thambidurai of AIADMK, and Sasmit Patra of BJD – alleged that their names were included without their consent in a select committee motion moved by Raghav Chadha on August 7. The motion pertained to the consideration of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023.A Rajya Sabha bulletin on Wednesday said that Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar had received complaints from four MPs who alleged breach of privilege by Raghav Chadha, including for adding their names to the committee without their explicit consent, violating the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business.“All the six members are disturbed and hurt and looking to the chair for justice,” Goyal said, adding that the Union Government had a strong case to justify Chadhas dismissal.Meanwhile, responding to the accusations, Raghav Chadha defended his actions, stating that an MP can propose names for committee formation without requiring written consent. Chadha had added the names of the four complaining MPs in the constitution of a Select Committee to consider the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023.Main SUSPENDED Rajya Sabha saansad…मैं निलंबित राज्य सभा सांसद… pic.twitter.com/oVrKNvWnKg— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) August 11, 2023
