India suspends 141 lawmakers as ruling BJP accused of stifling opposition
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Opposition lawmakers are accusing India’s government of an attack on democracy after dozens of them were suspended from parliament this week, the latest twist in a historic dispute between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a newly formed alliance that is seeking to unseat them next year.
Opposition lawmakers are accusing India’s government of an attack on democracy after dozens of them were suspended from parliament this week, the latest twist in a historic dispute between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a newly formed alliance that is seeking to unseat them next year. House speakers have suspended a total of 141 opposition lawmakers – 95 from the lower house and 46 from the upper chamber – according to a tally by CNN affiliate CNN News18, in what one rights group said was a record. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP has a majority in both houses and is now expected to legislate almost unopposed for the remainder of the session that ends Friday. The suspensions come after a major security breach in parliament last week when two men stormed the chamber, chanting slogans and releasing colored gas. The opposition lawmakers demanded a parliamentary debate on the breach – only to be suspended by their respective house speakers for causing disorder. “For the first time in my parliamentary career of nearly 15 years, I too entered the well of the House holding a placard calling for a discussion on the recent security breach,” Shashi Tharoor, a suspended lawmaker from the main opposition Congress party, wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “I did so out of solidarity with my (Congress) colleagues, who have been unjustly suspended for demanding accountability from the government.” Jairam Ramesh, another Congress lawmaker, described the suspensions as a “complete purge.” The removal of opposition lawmakers occurred “so that draconian bills are passed without meaningful debate,” he claimed on X.
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