Sonia Gandhi Slams Government After 141 Opposition MPs Suspended, Calls it "strangulation of democracy."

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:31am on 20 Dec 2023,Wednesday Politics

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi criticizes the government for suspending 141 Opposition MPs, stating "democracy has been strangulated." She emphasizes the unprecedented nature of the suspensions, attributing them to MPs raising a "reasonable and legitimate demand" for a Home Minister statement on the December 13 security breach in Parliament. Gandhi condemns the government's response to the request and expresses concern over the Prime Minister addressing the incident outside Parliament. She accuses the BJP of undermining diversity, weakening unity, and attacking the Indian Constitution, alleging a systematic assault on democracy by the ruling party.

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