Opposition Members of Parliament, including Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi, staged a protest under the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Parliament House complex on Friday.
As per a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Monday on the basis of the affidavits filed by 2495 sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), MLAs and ministers with their nomination papers between 2019 and 2021, among these 363 MPs and MLAs, 296 are MLAs and 67 are MPs.
The request and advise have been given by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said Green Building norms have been incorporated in this Multi Storeyed flats for the Members of Parliament.
Leaders who were protesting in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Parliament premises were sloganeering 'We want compensation of the GST.'
On August 19, the Lok Sabha Housing Committee headed by CR Patil had ordered around 200 ex-MPs, who did not vacate their bungalows, to give up the facility within a week and disconnect their power, water and cooking gas connections within three days.
In a further set back to the faction led by jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran,…
