New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack at the Centre over the suspension of 141 opposition MPs in Parliament saying the “democracy has been strangulated by the government”. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting at the Central hall of Sanvidhan Sadan, Parliament House, Sonia Gandhi said, “Never before have so many opposition members of Parliament been suspended from the house, and that too, simply for raising a perfectly reasonable and legitimate demand.”
A total of 141 opposition MPs have been suspended from both Houses of Parliament over the past week after they held protests and raised slogans demanding union home minister Amit Shah’s statement on the December 13 security breach incident. In the latest batch of suspension, 49 opposition MPs including NCP’s Supriya Sule, Congress’ Shashi Tharoor, and Manish Tewari, among others were suspended for the remainder of the winter session on Tuesday for staging a protest.
Condemning the security breach of Parliament, Sonia Gandhi said what happened was “inexcusable and cannot be justified”. She further slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for expressing his views on the incident four days later.
“…By so doing, he clearly indicated his disdain for the dignity of the house and his disregard for the people of our country,” she said.
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