Odisha Member of Parliament AV Swamy was rushed to a hospital after he collapsed in the Parliament premises on Friday, 9 February. He has reportedly been admitted in Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
Swamy, a Rajya Sabha MP, was in the Parliament premises to attend the Budget session. Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu informed the Upper House of Swamy’s condition, adding that the reason behind his ill-health is yet to be ascertained.
Swamy is an independent MP from Odisha, and was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2012.
Meanwhile in the Parliament, proceedings in both houses were conducted in sporadic bursts owing, to the protests by TDP members over the budgetary allocation for Andhra Pradesh, with Lok Sabha being adjourned till 5 March.
In the Rajya Sabha, members cutting across party lines condemned an unnamed lawmaker for posting on Facebook comments critical of chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, and demanded an apology from him.
Raising the issue, Naresh Agarwal (SP) said all members had full faith in the Chair and one MP posting on Facebook comments alleging bias in his conduct of proceedings of the House, were unwarranted and unparliamentary.
Without naming the MP, he demanded that the member concerned should tender an apology to the Chairman.
Bhupender Yadav (BJP) said there can be political differences but posting such comments on social media was an insult to the Chair.
Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said such an act is unparliamentary and "we condemn it."
Derek O'Brien (TMC) said the Chair gives all members enough opportunity and there is no necessity of complaining on any social media.
None of the MPs named the member who had made the remarks on Facebook.
Naidu was in the Chair when the matter was raised but he did not make any comment
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