TMC MP Derek O'Brien and other leftist-liberals predicted that the BJP would lose in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but Modi returned to power with an even larger mandate than in 2014
The suspension came after a motion was moved by Union Minister Piyush Goyal against Derek O'Brien "for continuously disturbing the proceedings of the House, disobeying the Chair and continuously and wilfully creating a disturbance in the House."
Derek O'Brien claimed that the arrest was because of the fake news shared by Gokhale in context of Morbi bridge collapse where the TMC leader had claimed that ₹30 crore was spent on PM Modi’s Morbi visit.
O'Brien would rather put his bets on trash published by dubious platforms with questionable credibility and create noise in the Parliament so that the cries of people back home in West Bengal are stifled.