TMC MP among two faces ‘contempt of parliament’ case for protesting against VB-G Ram G Bill in RS

Trinamool Congress MP Mamata Bala Thakur and former MP Mausam Noor are facing charges of ‘violating privileges’ and ‘contempt of Parliament’ for protesting against the VB-G Ram G Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The case is pending with the Rajya Sabha Secretariat.

Of the two, Mausam Noor has since joined the Congress leaving the TMC.

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On Friday, the Secretariat announced that the allegations against the two individuals are under investigation. During the discussion on the VB-G Ram G Bill, BJP MP Lakshmikant Bajpayee raised concerns over the behaviour of the two individuals.

According to sources from Parliament, members of the saffron camp raised complaints against the duo for obstructing the proceedings of the upper house during the winter session from December 18 and 19, when the discussions were held on the “Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025”. Furthermore, they reportedly used unparliamentary language and descended into the well of the house, shouting and even reaching the table of the Speaker and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

A bulletin from the Rajya Sabha Secretary’s office has indicated that the matter has been referred to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha under Rule 203 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha), and he has been requested to verify and investigate the allegations and present a report.

The Modi government has passed the VB-G Ram G Bill to replace the Congress era ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act’. The Opposition has been opposing the Bill from the very beginning. On December 18, amidst intense protests from the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a strong attack on Congress, the ‘Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025’ Bill was passed through a voice vote. The Opposition claims that even as the legislation increases the number of working days for labourers, it does not fulfil the objectives of ‘Mahatma Gandhi NREGA’.

Subsequently, in protest against this Bill, Trinamool Congress members of the Rajya Sabha, including Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen, and Sagarika Ghosh, staged an overnight sit-in demonstration on the stairs of the ‘Samvidhan Sadan’, which was earlier the Parliament of India in Delhi, amidst the biting cold. The Trinamool camp, along with Opposition parties, expressed strong dissent against the Central government.

From this protest, the Trinamool MPs raised the issue of outstanding payments for one hundred days of work in Bengal. They alleged that the Modi government is deliberately attempting to undermine the rural employment scheme by erasing the name of Mahatma Gandhi. The Congress and Trinamool Congress created a significant uproar surrounding this bill.

It is noteworthy that on January 3, Mousam Noor officially joined the Congress after leaving the Trinamool. Subsequently, on January 5, she also resigned from the Rajya Sabha.