Mumbai: Maharasthra Maha Vijas Aghadi (MVA) MLAs on Saturday staged a silent protest outdoors State Assembly towards the disqualification of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as a member of Parliament. The MLAs masking their mouths with black bands sat on the steps of the Assembly holding posters. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) faction chief Aditya Thackeray and Congress’ Jayant Patil have been seen collaborating within the protest.
On Friday, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the date of his conviction in a 2019 prison defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ comment.
Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha triggered an enormous political row with the BJP stating that the Congress chief was “a habitual loose cannon” and the Congress alleging that he was “deliberately disqualified”.
Maharashtra | MVA MLAs stage a silent protest outdoors State Assembly towards the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as a member of Parliament. pic.twitter.com/jdt8QVpOpx
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While Congress leaders together with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and celebration chief Mallikarjun Kharge rallied behind Rahul Gandhi, opposition leaders together with Mamata Banerjee, Okay Chandrashekar Rao, MK Stalin, Hemant Soren, Arvind Kejiwal, Sharad Yadav, Uddhav Thackeray, and Akhilesh Yadav attacked the BJP-led authorities.
Opposition leaders present assist for Rahul Gandhi
Leaders of Left events, Janata Dal-Secular additionally attacked the federal government. Some of them known as it a “black day” for Indian democracy. NCP chief Sharad Pawar mentioned opposition leaders want to face collectively to defend our democratic establishments.
“Our constitution guarantees the right of each individual to fair justice; liberty of thought; equality of status and opportunity and fraternity assuring the dignity of each Indian. The disqualifications of Mr. Rahul Gandhi and Mr. Faizal a few months ago as MPs of the Lok Sabha are against the basic tenets of the constitution, where democratic values are being curtailed. This is condemnable and against the very principles on which the constitution is based. We all need to stand together to defend our democratic institutions,” he mentioned in a tweet.
Uddhav Thackeray mentioned it was a “murder of democracy”.
“Rahul Gandhi’s candidacy has been cancelled. Calling a thief, a thief has become a crime in our country. Thieves & looters are still free and Rahul Gandhi was punished. This is a direct murder of democracy. All govt systems are under pressure. This is the beginning of the end of the dictatorship. Only the fight has to be given direction,” he mentioned.
Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification got here after the Surat courtroom on Thursday sentenced him to 2 years imprisonment in a defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ comment made in 2019 throughout an election rally in Karnataka.
Rahul Gandhi made the “how come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname” comment in April 2019, at a Lok Sabha election rally at Kolar in Karnataka. The prison defamation case towards Rahul Gandhi was filed by BJP MLA from Surat West Purnesh Modi.
