Delkar's suicide 'strike on dignity of Parliament': Supriya Sule to Speaker

Terming the recent suicide by Dadra amp Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar as a lsquostrike on the dignity of Parliament NCP MP Supriya Sule on Wednesday urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to refer to the Committee on Privileges the late MPs allegations made in ParliamentWe have lost a fellow member It is not just a loss of life but also a strike on the dignity of Parliament The independence and supremacy of the Parliament rests on the discharge of duties by its members free of any fear or duress Sule saidIn a memorandum to the Speaker Sule and other MPs said that all the members are shocked by the tragic death of the senior member Delkar a 7time Lok Sabha representative from the Union Territory of Dadra amp Nagar HaveliThe fact that a 7time Member of Lok Sabha was frustrated to such an extent that it would drive him to extreme despair and steps to end his is traumatic for all of us the memorandum saidSule also recalled Delkars last speech in parliament in Sep 2020 when he had expressly mentioned the pressure and humiliation mounted on him by the officials of the UTShe pointed out that as the Speaker Birla was the Custodian of the House and it was collectively incumbent on all of us to ensure that the dignity and independence of the august institution is not erodedRequesting the Speaker to take cognizance of Delkars death and ensure that such incidents are averted in future Sule urged him to refer to the Committee on Privileges the late MPs allegations made in the Lok SabhaThe memorandum is signed by MPs from other parties including Congress Shashi Tharoor Samajwadi Partys Akhilesh Yadav members of Shiv Sena DMK and BSPSule MP from Baramati and daughter of Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar said that the Maharashtra government has entrusted the Delkar probe to a Special Investigation Team SIT which would investigate the matter and give justiceHowever she assured that the enquiry by the Privileges Committee would have no bearing on the criminal investigations by the SIT as it would probe the reasons that lay impediments in discharging of duties by the MPSules plea to the Speaker came shortly after the Maharashtra government this morning lodged a formal complaint in the case and has booked the Union Territory of Dadra amp Nagar Haveli and Daman amp Diu Administrator Praful K Patel in the matterOn Tuesday Delkars widow son and daughter called on state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh seeking justice following which the state government said it would form a SIT to probe the caseDelkar 58 was found hanging in a hotel room in Mumbai on Feb 22 triggering a huge uproar in national political circlesEarlier he had released a video statement detailing how he was being harassed humiliated targetted by the UT administration police and various probe agencies attempts to book him and his supporters in fake cases but when he enquired the reasons for the witchhunt he was told that Upar Se Order Aaya HaiAfter the IANS first highlighted his plight February 23 in detail the Maharashtra Congress and Shiv Sena demanded a detailed probe into Delkars suicide and a suicide note in which he had named the UT AdministratorThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever