L Rajagopal

Union ministers will disrupt budget speech: 'Pepper spray MP' L Rajagopal

Rajagopal said the UPA government's brute force and undemocratic method of introducing the Telangana bill will "not be tolerated".

Unruly MPs: NOTA option will be a timely tight slap

If only each voter were to use the NOTA option in the upcoming elections, and send not one of them to Delhi, the lesson could be driven home

Congress implodes: Pepper spray and Telangana may be final follies

Considering the federal structure of our country and its democratic traditions, playing with the fortunes of a state for vile political gains should not have been easy. But the Congress never believed in these principles.

Seemandhra shut for second day over Telangana bill

The shutdown called by the YSR Congress party and another group fighting for united Andhra Pradesh evoked total response in all 13 districts of Seemandhra, as the two regions are together called.

Ahimsa more potent than pepper spray, its creator tells L Rajagopal

The pepper spray was never meant to be used to vent one's anger. It is not for the purpose of controlling other people when you’re angry, its creator has said.

Pepper spray now, what next. Will our MPs ever get serious?

That poor behaviour in the House is being beamed live to people has hardly proved a deterrent for our representatives. They have simply stopped bothering about the dignity of the institution.

Who is L Rajagopal the MP who used pepper spray in the Lok Sabha?

Rajagopal was yesterday expelled from the Congress - along with five other MPs - for opposing creation of Telangana and giving notice of no-confidence motion against the government.

Timeline: The chaos in LS that ended in pepper spray and tears

Pepper spray in Parliament: Who is desecrating Indian culture now

Dinanath Batra and his committee would do much more good trying to instil some good old fashioned Bharatiya values in our elected representatives instead of ferreting out sex in 779-page tomes.

Parties will seek strongest action over pepper spray in LS, says Kamal Nath

Congress minister Rajeev Shukla said they were seeking strong action since it was an attempt to kill MPs.