New Delhi, March 17 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday welcomed the revocation of the suspension of eight Opposition Members of Parliament, describing the move as a very "good development".

Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament, Tharoor expressed relief that the daily protest by the suspended legislators had concluded.

"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 may have made to keep them out of the House is something that hurts our democracy...I believe there have been some assurances of good behaviour on both sides, which I hope will also be upheld," h...