Congress MP Sonia Gandhi Breaks Silence On Suspension Of 141 MPs

NEW DELHI: On Wednesday, Sonia Gandhi, the Chief of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP), criticized the Narendra Modi government for the suspension of 141 Opposition MPs during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. Here are the top five quotes made by the Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.

Democracy has been strangled by this (Narendra Modi) government. Never before have so many Opposition MPs been suspended from the house (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha), and that too, simply for raising a perfectly reasonable and legitimate demand.

There are no words to describe the arrogance with which this request was treated. What happened on December 13th is inexcusable and cannot be justified. It took four days for the Prime Minister to address the nation and express his views on the incident, and he did so outside of Parliament. By so doing, he clearly indicated his disdain for the dignity of the house (Lok Sabha) and his disregard for the people of our country.

CPP चेयरपर्सन श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी जी की अध्यक्षता में कांग्रेस संसदीय दल की बैठक हुई।

इस बैठक में सरकार द्वारा सांसदों को सस्पेंड करने के दमनकारी फैसले पर चर्चा हुई।

कांग्रेस सड़क से संसद तक जनता की आवाज उठाने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है, लोकतंत्र की रक्षा के लिए संकल्पित है। pic.twitter.com/KSFWcAJ7rY
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 20, 2023

I leave it to you to imagine how the BJP would have responded had they been in Opposition today…

All that the opposition MPs asked for was a statement to be made by the (Union) Home Minister in the Lok Sabha addressing the extraordinary events of December 13.

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