New Delhi, March 17 -- Several members cutting across party lines on Tuesday welcomed the revocation of the suspension of the eight opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday welcomed the development, describing it as a "very good development" that marks the end of what he called a "sad spectacle".

Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Tharoor noted that the sight of colleagues sitting on the steps daily, unable to participate in House proceedings, was a situation that "hurts our democracy".

"It's a very good development that this sad spectacle of eight of our colleagues sitting on the steps every day suspended, unable to participate, that has been ended...Whatever mistakes of judgement or behaviour they...