Suspended Rajya Sabha MPs to hold 50-hour relay protests in Parliament complex

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Twenty opposition MPs, who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for disrupting proceedings, on Wednesday started a 50-hour-long protest inside the Parliament complex.

The MPs are holding the relay protest near the Gandhi Statue and will stay at the site through the night, said TMC MP Dola Sen said, who is one of the suspended parliamentarians.

"We will eat and sleep here but won't let the government rest till a debate on price rise is held," said TMC MP Sushmita Dev.

20 MPs of opposition parties including seven from the TMC, six from the DMK, besides those from the TRS, CPI-M and CPI, and AAP were suspended for their unruly behaviour in the House.

(With inputs from PTI)