INDIA bloc leaders slam Government on Parliament security breach

New Delhi, Dec 21: INDIA bloc MPs on Thursday marched from Parliament to Vijay Chowk to protest against the suspension of 143 MPs, and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah speaking outside the House was a breach of privilege case.

The INDIA parties also slammed the government after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi along with 120 MPs kept standing in the Rajya Sabha and shouted slogans on the Vice President mimicry issue.

The INDIA parties started their march from the old Parliament building where all of the suspended MPs were also present. They raised slogans against the government and carried placards that read, '141 MPs suspended, is this mother of democracy' and others.

Speaking to the media, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the government and said, "Today we are staging a protest against the government. The government and Modiji do not want the House to run. But I apologise as the Chairman has raised the issue (mimicry issue) by bringing on the caste lines."

He said that in democracy it is our right to speak and bring the feelings of the people of the country to Parliament and that was what we were doing.

"But what happened in Lok Sabha (security breach), we wanted to raise the issue in both the Houses about how the security breach took place, who is responsible and tell the House why it happened," he said.
He said, "If you do not speak in the House. And it is unfortunate that Prime Minister Modi and Shah did not come to the House and did not tell the reasons. However, they spoke in Varanasi, in Ahmedabad and on
television but not in the House. This is the disrespect they did with the House," he said.

Taking a swipe at the Prime Minister, the Congress leader said, "The Prime Minister is speaking everywhere including Varanasi but not in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on (Parliament security breach incident). We condemn it. This is also a (breach of) privilege case due to the violation of rules," he said.