'Another example of Democracy being in danger...' Kharge on section 144 imposed amid Opposition march

Coming down heavily at the centre on imposition of section 144 of CrPc near Vijay Chjowk amid the march by Opposition leaders Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that it is another example to show that Democracy is in danger in the countryHis remarks came after the police stopped the Opposition MPs at the Vijay Chowk who were marching towards the Enforcement Directorate ED office to submit a memorandum on the Adani stocks issueTalking to ANI on Wednesday Mallikarjun Kharge said On one hand they BJP talk about believing in democracy and on the other hand they stop a peaceful march that too by publicly elected MPs Stopping us from submitting the memorandum at ED office was wrong We condemn thisAll we wanted to do was to peacefully submit the memorandum and come back we should have been allowed Kharge addedAttacking the centre the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha said that this was an example that Democracy is in danger in the countryEven the ED refused to hear from us stating that they were not notified when we have already informed them The government too stopped us before the Vijay Chowk Anyone who says that Democracy is in danger is called antinational but we all saw an example of the democracy being in danger today Kharge addedThe Congress national president further alleged that the government is refraining from setting a JPCAlso readPakistan rangers fire live bullets on people as clashes continue outside former PM Imran Khanrsquos residence in LahoreThe government doesnt want to discuss the Adani issue and is refraining from setting up a JPC PM Modi Adani and all are connected and they dont want any scandal to come out But we wont stop and will keep on fighting We will again raise the issue in the Parliament he addedOn being asked about the allegations on Rahul Gandhi of criticising the nation Kharge said that He Rahul Gandhi will himself give the answers to those allegationsAmid the ongoing second phase of the Parliament Budget Session leaders of several opposition parties on Wednesday afternoon started a protest march from the Parliament to Enforcement Directorate ED office hereThe Opposition leaders are going to hand over a complaint to the probe agency on the Adani issueNotably Nationalist Congress Party NCP and Trinamool Congress TMC are not participating in the protest marchHeavy security has been deployed at the Vijay Chowk in wake of the protest march by the leaders of the Opposition partiesThe police made announcements at Vijay Chowk and told the marching Opposition MPs not to march ahead as Section 144 CrPC is imposed and no agitation is allowed in the areaEarlier today several Opposition MPs gathered for a meeting over the Adani Group issue at the Rajya Sabha leader of the opposition and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharges Parliament chamberThe Opposition has been raising the Adani issue and demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC probe into the HindenburgAdani reportThe second leg of the Budget session of Parliament resumed after a monthlong break on Monday The recess was for enabling the departmentrelated Parliamentary Standing Committees to examine the demands for grants and make reports relating to their ministries or departmentsThe Parliament has also faced repeated disruptions amid the protest and ruckus in the house over regular protests by the OppositionEarlier on Monday 16 parties participated in the Opposition party leaders meeting chaired by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in ParliamentIndian National Congress Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK Samajwadi Party Janata Dal United Aam Admi Party Communist Party of India Marxist Kerala Congress Nationalist Congress Party Communist Party of India Indian Union Muslim League Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Rashtriya Janata Dal Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi and the NC participated in the meetingThe concerned report from USbased shortseller firm Hindenburg Research surfaced on January 24 claiming that the Adani Group had weak business fundamentals and was involved in stock manipulation and accounting fraud among othersIt is pertinent to mention that the Supreme Court set up an expert committee on the issue arising from the Hindenburg Research report on Adani Group companies The committee will consist of six members headed by former apex court judge Justice AM SapreThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever