Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday told Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar that the mass suspension of MPs was premeditated and weaponised by the BJP to sabotage Parliamentary practices, as he declined the Rajya Sabha Chair\u2019s invite for an interaction on Monday. He said that he was not in Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mallikarjun Kharge was replying to a second letter on the disruption of parliamentary proceedings and the suspension of MPs by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who had alleged that the disorder by the Opposition in the House was deliberate and part of a strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mentioning that they need to move ahead, Jagdeep Dhankhar invited the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha for an interaction on December 25 or at a time of the Congress President\u2019s convenience at Dhankhar\u2019s official residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response dated December 24, the Congress president said that he agrees with the Chairman that they need to move ahead but stressed that the answer may not lie in a discussion in the Chairman\u2019s chambers, if the government is not keen on running the House. The Congress President said he is currently out of Delhi and it would be his privilege and duty to meet the Chairman as soon as he is back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mallikarjun Kharge further alleged that the suspensions were executed without any application of mind and said that as the custodian of the House, Jagdeep Dhankhar should protect the people\u2019s right to hold its government accountable in Parliament. He claimed that the ruling party has weaponised the suspension of MPs as a convenient tool to undermine democracy, sabotage Parliamentary practices and throttle the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kharge stated that the Chairman\u2019s letter unfortunately justifies the autocratic and arrogant attitude of the Government towards Parliament. He underlined that this is a deliberate design of the ruling dispensation to undermine Parliament itself. He noted that by suspending MPs, the government is effectively silencing the voice of the voters of 146 MPs altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Congress leader urged him to examine his concerns objectively and with neutrality as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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