New Delhi: INDIA bloc leaders hold protest under the banner 'Save Democracy' at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi: Leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc staged a protest under the banner 'Save Democracy', at Jantar Mantar here on Friday.

Senior opposition leaders, including Nationalist Congress Party Supremo Sharad Pawar, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury of CPI, and others, shared the dais to protest against the recent suspension of 146 opposition MPs from Parliament Winter Session, which was adjourned sine die on Thursday.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at the BJP government during the protest and said that the Centre cannot take away the right to speak given by the Constitution.

NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar said the opposition was ready to pay any price to save the democracy.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that by suspending nearly 150 opposition MPs from Parliament, the government had muffled the voices of the people of their constituencies.

The Members of Parliament, suspended from the Parliament Winter Session, were also present at the protest.

At the same time, a nationwide protest has also been scheduled at all district headquarters by the Congress party today.

A total of 146 MPs--100 from Lok Sabha and 46 from Rajya Sabha--were suspended for creating a ruckus and disrupting proceedings in both Houses, while they were demanding a statement from Union Minister Amit Shah about the Parliament security breach incident.

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