PDP MPs tear up Constitution, evicted from Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: Registering their protest against the scrapping of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MPs Mir Fayaz and Nazir Ahmed Laway tore up the Constitution in the Rajya Sabha, Monday, leading to their ouster from the House.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu directed the marshals to remove the slogan-shouting PDP members from the Rajya Sabha. The two MPs had also protested outside Parliament prior to the start of proceedings.

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