The privilege notice came after Left MPs along with Opposition BJP members stalled proceedings in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha demanding Sen's removal for his comments "casting grave aspersions against Parliamentarians."
NEW DELHI: The CPI(M) on Tuesday moved privilege motions in both Houses of Parliament against Indian Ambassador to the US Ronen Sen for his reported "unwarranted" and "derogatory" comments on Parliamentarians. The privilege notice came after Left MPs along with Opposition BJP members stalled proceedings in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha demanding Sen's removal for his comments "casting grave aspersions against Parliamentarians." The notice was given in Lok Sabha by Basudeb Acharia, Varkala Radhakrishnan, P Karunakaran and Rupchand Pal in Lok Sabha and Prasanta Chatterjee, Moinul Hassan, Matilal Sarkar, Tapan Sen, P Madhu and T K Ray in Rajya Sabha.
Reacting to Sen's remarks, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat in Hyderabad said that he be recalled "if the government has any self-respect."