Maharashtra: Govt wants to execute its agenda without debate, says Congress' Prithviraj Chavan

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday said that the suspension of Opposition MPs was an unprecedented event and alleged that the Union government wanted to carry out its agenda without any discussion reported the PTISpeaking to the reporters at the Maharashtra legislature complex in Nagpur Prithviraj Chavan said that it was very shameful that democracy was being destroyed in this way as per the PTINever in our history members of parliament were suspended in such big numbers It is obvious that the government wants to run its agenda without any discussion and debate They are paving the way so that there is no protest The country is moving towards dictatorship Prithviraj Chavan said according to the PTIPolitical parties alone would not be able to stop this unless the people also joined in the fight Prithviraj Chavan added the news agency reportedAnother Congress leader and former chief minister Ashok Chavan said Indian democracy was in danger as suspensions on this scale had never happenedMeanwhile as many as 49 Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the House for disrupting the proceedings on Tuesday a day after 78 opposition members were suspendedA complete purge is being executed to ensure the passage of draconian bills without any meaningful debate in the new Parliament the Congress claimed on Tuesday dubbing it as Namocracy in all its tyranny the PTI reportedCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the Modi government wants to demolish democracy It does not want the people of India to hear the opposition and thus has adopted the policy of suspend throw out and bulldozeThe suspension of a total of 141 Opposition MPs from Parliament reinforces our charge that an autocratic BJP wants to demolish Democracy in this country We all know that key Bills like the Criminal Law Amendments which unleash draconian powers and impede citizens Rights are listed he said in a post on XModi Govt does not want the people of India to hear out the Opposition while these Bills are debated and deliberated Therefore they have adopted thisSuspend Throw Out and Bulldoze tactic to destroy Democracy Kharge saidOur simple demands about the Union Home Minister making a statement in Parliament on the grave security breach and a detailed discussion on the same remain unaltered he addedCongress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said this was being done so that the BJP MP who facilitated the entry of the two intruders into the Lok Sabha on December 13 goes scotfreeRamesh underlined the suspension of the Lok Sabha MPs on Tuesday to allege that a complete purge is being executed so that draconian bills are passed without any meaningful debate and so that the BJP MP who facilitated entry of the two intruders into the Lok Sabha on December 13th goes scotfreeToday at least 50 more INDIA MPs were suspended from the Lok Sabha alone A complete purge is being executed so that draconian Bills are passed without any meaningful debate and so that the BJP MP who facilitated entry of the two intruders into the Lok Sabha on December 13th goes scotfree Ramesh said in a post on Xwith PTI inputs