Leaders of various opposition parties staged a Joint protest at the Parliament complex in front of the Gandhi statute today against the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha (RS) MPs. Opposition MPs of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha attended in the march.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Opposition is not being allowed to raise issues in Parliament. ‘Wherever the Opposition is trying to raise issues, they are suppressed’, he said. The 12 Opposition MPs were suspended from the RS on the first day of the Winter session for the rest of the current session, due to of 'unruly and violent behaviour'. The Opposition has described the suspension as ‘undemocratic and in violation of all the Rules of Procedure’ of the Upper House of Parliament.
