Senior leader of Indian National Congress, Sonia Gandhi, has said that the Modi government is suffocating democracy by suspending Members of Parliament (MPs) on legitimate demands.
According to Kashmir Media Service, over 140 opposition MPs from Parliament who have been demanding Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on the recent Parliament security breach have been suspended.
Addressing Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Parliament’s Central Hall, Sonia Gandhi said never before have so many Opposition MPs been suspended and that too for raising a “perfectly reasonable and legitimate” demand.
All the opposition MPs asked for was a statement by the home minister in the Lok Sabha on the extraordinary events of December 13, but “there are no words to describe the arrogance with which this request was treated”, she said.
Following the meeting, Congress MPs staged a protest within the Parliament premises against the suspension of Opposition members.
