17th Lok Sabha

Congress MP Dean Kuriakose, of the Idukki constituency in Kerala, has 204 criminal cases.

[18][19] Whereas, the average annual sitting days reduced to only 55 in the 17th Lok Sabha according to a statistical study by the non-profit PRS Legislative Research.

[21] The parliament security breach was organised by six protestors where two of the accused Sagar Sharma and D Manoranjan, jumped into the chamber from the visitor's gallery, and opened a yellow smoke canister, in an attempt to reach the Speaker's Chair.

While outside the parliament, two others, Neelam Devi and Amol Shinde opened aerosol canister releasing a color smoke.

[22][24] The leader of the protestors was Lalit Jha who is affiliated with the Samyabadi Subhas Sabha, a non-governmental organisation in West Bengal, and calls himself teacher on his Instagram profile.

[22][25] The Delhi police told the court that it was well planned attack on the parliament and all the nabbed accused could be affiliated with terrorist organisations.

[22] Day after the security breach, MP Derek O'Brien of the Rajya Sabha and 13 MPs of Lok Sabha from the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam parties, were suspended till the remainder of the session for demanding a discussion on the breach.

[27] Furthermore, 49 more members of Parliament (MPs) of the INDIA bloc of parties were suspended on 19 December 2023 for disrupting proceedings which took the total number of such suspensions in the two Houses to 141.