TRINAMOOL Congress (TMC) MP Santanu Sen was suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining period of the monsoon session on Friday after a motion moved by the Government was passed by the House.

Soon after the obituary references and laying of papers, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Muraleedharan moved a motion for Sen’s suspension after TMC member snatched papers from Information Technology Minister

Ashwini Vaishnaw and tore those in the House on Thursday.

The motion was passed by a voice vote and Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu asked Sen to leave the House.

“The motion is approved... Dr Santanu Sen stands suspended for the remaining part of the session,” the chairman announced soon after the motion was passed. “Santanu Sen, you have to withdraw from the House,” he said. The TMC members protested with Sukhendu Sekhar Ray raising objection to the manner in which the motion was brought without listing it in the day’s business.