Opposition protests: Marking sturdy objection to the suspension of 146 MPs of the Opposition ranks from the Parliament, the I.N.D.I.A bloc leaders will stage protest at Jantar Mantar within the nationwide capital today (December 22). Nationwide protests will even be held in all district headquarters against the federal government’s “immoral and illegal” behaviour. This comes after as many as 146 Opposition MPs have been suspended cumulatively from each Houses of the Parliament after they created a ruckus whereas demanding an announcement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the safety breach incident that occurred on December 13.
“It’s appropriate to protest and all of us will be at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. The INDIA alliance protest will happen everywhere tomorrow (Friday) morning in all the states because we want to show the public that if they’d run Parliament like this and won’t listen to the opposition then they are ruining the democracy,” Shashi Tharoor mentioned yesterday.
The Opposition MPs had marched to Vijay Chowk from Parliament to protest the suspension on Thursday.
Parliament safety breach
Congress president and Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that it was a matter of breach of privilege of the House that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and HM Amit Shah had spoken exterior the Parliament on the safety breach problem, whereas in session, and didn’t apprise the House over the matter.
Two males had jumped within the Lok Sabha chamber on December 13 and launched smoke from canisters. Delhi Police has made a number of arrests in reference to the instances, together with the mastermind of the incident Lalit Jha.
Both Houses of the Parliament have been adjourned sine die yesterday. Lok Sabha was adjourned first, following by the Rajya Sabha the place the three payments to change ‘colonial-era’ legal legal guidelines was handed.
The three legal legislation payments — The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023, and The Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023 — changing the IPC, the CrPC and the Evidence Act, have been handed with voice vote.
(With PTI inputs)
