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Congress party has alleged that a “complete purge” is being executed so that “draconian bills” are passed without any meaningful debate and the BJP MP “who facilitated entry of the two intruders” into the Lok Sabha on December 13 goes scot-free. It has come down hard the modi government over the suspensions.
The opposition party’s attack came soon after 49 Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the House for disrupting proceedings.
Senior Congress leader and former I& B minister Manish Tewari Told media outside parliament, “Parliament has been totally delegitimised. This is to lay the framework for passing the most draconian laws in Parliament…”
#WATCH | On 49 more opposition MPs suspended from Parliament for the remainder of Winter Session, Congress leader Manish Tewari says, “Parliament has been totally delegitimised. This is to lay the framework for passing the most draconian laws in Parliament…” pic.twitter.com/riawMUy0Hv
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2023
In post on X Tewari tweeted,
MP’s have not been suspended. Democracy has been Suspended. The most pernicious Laws that will turn India officially into a Police State will be passed today afternoon and over the next three days .
The Opposition has been suspended to facilitate this chicanery . This is a…
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) December 19, 2023
In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh underlined the suspension of Lok Sabha MPs Tuesday to allege that “a complete purge is being executed so that draconian bills are passed without any meaningful debate, and so that the BJP MP who facilitated entry of the two intruders into the Lok Sabha on December 13th goes scot-free”.
Today at least 50 more INDIA MPs were suspended from the Lok Sabha alone! A complete purge is being executed so that draconian Bills are passed without any meaningful debate, and so that the BJP MP who facilitated entry of the two intruders into the Lok Sabha on December 13th…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 19, 2023
