Mallikarjun Kharge accuses BJP of trying to threaten opposition, vows INDIA will keep on fighting

NEW DELHI: Congress president and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday hit back at the BJP-led central government accusing it of trying to threaten and intimidate the opposition parties, saying INDIA will keep on fighting to save democracy and the Constitution.

Addressing the media outside at Vijay Chowk (near Parliament House), Kharge alleged that he was being insulted in Parliament, as he was not allowed to speak, despite being the LoP in Rajya Sabha.

The Congress president said, “INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) will not be intimidated and it was not constituted to run away.”

Hitting out at the BJP government, Kharge said, “The government was resorting to dictatorship, but no matter how much injustice the government does with them (the opposition), we will keep on fighting against them, and we will defeat them in 2024.”

“We will continue to work for the public interest and lay down whatever sacrifices are required of us to save the democracy and the constitution”, he said, adding that he was being insulted as he was not allowed to speak in the Rajya Sabha.

He pointed out that a record number of 65 members of the Rajya Sabha had sought discussion under rule 267.

He said that this was for the first time that so many members had sought suspension of business, to discuss Manipur violence, since it was not an ordinary incident. He also highlighted that about hundreds of people had died, while 5,000 others were injured and 60,000 families had to leave their homes.

Referring to the viral of two Manipur women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur, Kharge said that women are being paraded naked and people are being killed and despite that the government is not ready for discussion.

“The Prime Minister is running away from debate,” the Congress leader said. Slamming the Prime Minister, Kharge said that Modi had all the time to campaign in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

“Even today, the Prime Minister is in Pune. What was the urgency? Wherever he (Modi) goes he maligns the opposition leaders,” he said. (IANS)

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