New Delhi, Feb 13: Seventeen Lok Sabha MPs were Thursday suspended for 5 days for taking part in protests that turned violent once the Telangana bill was introduced in parliament.

One of the MPs told the media that Speaker Meira Kumar took the action following new disturbances in the Lok Sabha once a member from Andhra Pradesh used pepper spray.

The suspended MPs are from the Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the YSR Congress and people expelled from the Congress earlier this week.

They are Anantha Venkatarami Reddy, S.P.Y. Reddy, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Suresh Kumar Shetkar, K.R.G. Reddy and Gutha Sukender Reddy (all Congress), Nimmala Krishtappa, Modugula Venugopala Reddy, Konakalla Naryana Rao and Niramalli Sivaprasad (all TPD) and Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and M. Rajamohan Reddy (YSR Congress).

Meira Kumar also suspended 5 of the MPs expelled by the Congress earlier this week. They are: V. Aruna Kumar, L. Rajagopal, R.S. Rao, A. Sai Prathap and Sabbam Hari.