Democracy in Peril! INDIA Bloc Rallies Against Unprecedented MP Suspension (with an image of a large, passionate crowd at the Jantar Mantar protest, holding aloft the “Save Democracy” banner)
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- India Bloc leaders protested under the ‘Save Democracy’ banner at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Friday.
- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar, Congress’s Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, CPI-M’s Sitaram Yechury and other senior opposition leaders participated in the protest.
- The protesters protested against the recent suspension of 146 opposition MPs from the winter session of Parliament.
- Opposition leaders said the suspension was an attack on democracy and demanded the government withdraw it.
- The Congress party has also decided to protest at all the district headquarters.
Leaders of the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) block protested under the ‘Save Democracy’ banner at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Friday. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar, Congress’s Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, CPI-M’s Sitaram Yechury and other senior opposition leaders participated in the protest.
The protesters protested against the recent suspension of 146 opposition MPs from the winter session of Parliament. He said that this suspension was an attack on democracy and demanded the government to withdraw it.
Opposition leaders said suspending 146 MPs for creating a ruckus in Parliament is an unfortunate incident. He said that the opposition was not creating a ruckus only to disrupt parliamentary proceedings, but was demanding answers from the government on a serious issue.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that this protest has sent a message among the people that whatever is happening is ‘wrong for the future of the country’. He said that the government is trying to suppress the opposition and this is dangerous for democracy.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said the government wants to turn Parliament into a stamping house by suspending 146 opposition members. He said that this is a serious threat to democracy.
Earlier on Thursday, after the conclusion of the 262nd session of the Rajya Sabha, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that he was sad to say that about 22 hours of the Upper House were wasted due to avoidable disruptions.
He said that giving weapons to disturbance and disturbance is not in harmony with our constitutional obligation to maintain the interests of the people.
Earlier on Thursday, when the proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were going on, the suspended MPs had taken out a march from Parliament House to Vijay Chowk in protest against the wholesale suspension of opposition MPs.
