Rahul Gandhi (file photo) | Photo credit: Twitter
Key points
- Earlier, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram asked how the government planned to guarantee MSP
- Opposition MPs created uproar in RS on Sunday over farm laws
New Delhi: Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the government on Monday, calling the suspension of deputies a “silencing of democratic India.” On Twitter, Gandhi blamed the government’s ‘endless arrogance’ and claimed that it has brought an ‘economic disaster for the whole country’.
“Muting Of Democratic India” continues: initially silencing and later suspending MPs in Parliament and turning a blind eye to farmers’ concerns about black farming laws. The unending arrogance of this ‘omniscient’ government has brought an economic disaster for the entire country, “Gandhi said in a tweet.
His comments came shortly after Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu suspended eight opposition MPs for creating uproar in the House on Sunday.
“Derek O Brien, Sanjay Singh, Raju Satav, KK Ragesh, Ripun Bora, Dola Sen, Syed Nazir Hussain and Elamaran Karim suspended for a week for rebellious behavior with the presidency,” Naidu said on Monday while suspending deputies for a week .
Parliamentarians ran to the well and arrived at the president’s seat to protest against the agricultural bills
The Upper House of Parliament witnessed rebellious scenes on Sunday when opposition MPs came to the vice president’s seat to protest against agricultural bills being debated and passed in the House. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and other high-ranking government ministers criticized the behavior and expressed distress at the incident.
Meanwhile, the uproar comes against the backdrop of ongoing fury against farm bills, which the Congress and Opposition parties have called “anti-farmers.” Earlier today, former finance minister P Chidambaram criticized the government for the farm laws and questioned how it planned to guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) for farmers.
