TERMING the suspension of Opposition MPs in Parliament “murder of democracy”, the Congress on Monday alleged that an “extreme level of dictatorship” was in place and the Government wants to “bulldoze” important legislations through without any debate. The Congress also alleged this is an “extension of the Gujarat Assembly” in Parliament, an apparent swipe at the Prime Minister who was earlier the Chief Minister of the State. Soon after the suspension of 33 Opposition MPs of Lok Sabha and 45 of Rajya Sabha, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said all democratic norms have been thrown into the dustbin by this “autocratic” Government and it has shown zero accountability towards Parliament. “First, intruders attacked Parliament.

 

Then Modi Government attacking Parliament and Democracy. All Democratic norms are being thrown into the dustbin by an autocratic Modi Government by suspending 47 MPs,” he said in a post on X. 13 Lok Sabha and one Rajya Sabha MPs were already suspended. With 78 fresh suspensions on Monday, a total of 92 MPs have been suspended from both House, with 46 each in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. “We have two simple and genuine demands - The Union Home Minister should make a statement in both Houses of Parliament on the inexcusable breach in the Parliament security and a detailed discussion should be held on the same,” Kharge said. The Congress President said the Prime Minister can give an interview to a newspaper and the Home Minister to TV channels “but they have zero accountability left to the Parliament - which represents the People of India”.

 

“With an Opposition-Less Parliament, the Modi Government can now bulldoze important pending legislations, crush any dissent, without any debate,” Kharge, who is also the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, said. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said not only in the Lok Sabha, but today there was a “bloodbath in the Rajya Sabha too with 45 INDIA party MPs getting suspended for demanding a statement by the Home Minister on the December 13th security breach, and for demanding that the Leader of the Opposition be allowed to speak”. “Incidentally, I too figure in this Roll of Honour — for the first time in my parliamentary career of 19 years,” he said. “This is Murder of Democracy in India(MODI) at work!” He said 13 INDIA MPs were suspended from the Lok Sabha on 14th December for demanding a statement from the Home Minister on the shocking security breach of December 13 and today 33 more INDIA MPs, including a number of floor leaders, were suspended from the Lok Sabha for making the same “perfectly legitimate demand”. “Tanashahi ka Doosra Naam ModiShahi hai— democracy has been suspended!” Ramesh said.