Parliament Logjam Live Updates: Sonia Gandhi Takes to the Streets
Congress protests against suspension of 25 MPs.
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Minister of Information and Broadcast, Prakash Javadekar took a dig at the Congress President and Vice President for Congress’s continued protest.
The Congress has not only decided to disturb the Parliament, it has made it a philosophy.
— Prakash Javadekar, BJP
He stated that Congress, run by the Gandhi mother-son duo; does not have democratic principles in its DNA.
Women Wing
Congress Women’s Wing take the protest against Congress MPs’ suspension straight to BJP Headquarters.
Representatives climbed barricades and raised slogans against the Speaker’s decision and Prime Minister’s silence on the issue.
Madhya Pradesh
Congress supporters in Bhopal burnt effigies of BJP and raised slogans to demand a statement from Prime Minister Modi.
Uttar Pradesh
The party workers, led by Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Nirmal Khatri and MLA Rita Joshi, demanded that the suspension of the MPs by the Lok Sabha Speaker be revoked.
Rajasthan
Congress protest reaches Rajasthan.
Congress workers burn BJP effigies in Jaipur.
Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day as Congress protests remain ceaseless.
The MPs were suspended because they were not letting the House function. We were open for discussion.
— RP Rudy, BJP MP from Bihar
West Bengal
Congress protest reaches West Bengal.
Supporters in Kolkata take to streets in protest against suspension of MPs.
Srinagar
Congress supporters protest in Srinagar against the suspension of Congress MPs.
Lok Sabha adjourned till 2:15 pm.
Rajya Sabha members raise slogans against the Prime Minister’s silence over the issues.
Chairing the Rajya Sabha, Vice President Hamid Ansari, adjourns the Rajya Sabha till 2 pm.
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Modi government of making the Parliament take this anti-democratic step.
Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav bats for Congress.
Disagreeing with the Speaker’s decision, he said that the government is being anti-democratic and dictatorial.
Head of Bahujan Samajwadi Party, Mayawati, slams the Sumitra Mahajan’s decision. Parliament should reconsider, she says.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says that the party intends to make this a national movement.
Suspension of 25 MPs is no way of solving issues.
— Dr Manmohan Singh, Congress
The suspension of these MPs is a symbol of what is being done all across the nation.
— Rahul Gandhi, Vice President of Congress
Congress will keep the pressure constant, says Rahul Gandhi.
It is the government’s responsibility to run the Parliament. This is murder of democracy.
— Sonia Gandhi, Congress President
Speaker of Lok Sabha, Sumitra Mahajan, yesterday suspended as many as 25 Congress MPs for constantly disrupting business of the House.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi had called it a Black Day for democracy. Today top Congress leadership has come out in protest of the suspension near the Gandhi statue in front of the Parliament.
RJD, NCP & SP have expressed solidarity with the suspended Congress MPs and have joined the grand old party in the protest.
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