NEW DELHI: The speaker of India’s Parliament has barred 25 opposition legislators from its sessions for the rest of the week for causing “grave disorder” after they created noisy scenes.

Parliament has been unable to conduct any business for weeks as the opposition demands that two leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party resign for allegedly helping a former Indian cricket official facing investigation for financial irregularities.

On Monday speaker Sumitra Mahajan of the powerful lower house suspended the members of the Congress party. Though MPs often obstruct House, suspensions are rare.