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Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav congratulated Om Birla on being elected the Lok Sabha speaker and said he hoped that actions like suspension of MPs would not be taken as they hurt the dignity of the House. Yadav said he also hoped that Birla would be impartial towards the opposition and give its leaders equal opportunity.
“We believe you will move forward without discrimination and as the Speaker, you will give equal opportunity and respect to every party. Impartiality is a great responsibility of this great post. You sitting here are the chief justice of the court of democracy,” Yadav said.
“We expect that the voice of no public representative will be suppressed and actions like suspensions which hurt the dignity of the House will not be taken,” he said.
On the Emergency protest by BJP, Akhilesh told media persons outside parliament , “Whatever the BJP has done today is just pretence. It wasn’t just them who went to jail at that time (Emergency)…How long will we look back at the past? Loktantra Rakshak Senani – BJP reduced the facilities given to them. Inflation is on the rise…Will BJP increase the allowance given to Loktantra Rakshak Senani?…”
