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Suspension of MPs: Tharoor slams govt over "travesty of parliamentary democracy"
Updated On: 20 December, 2023 04:55 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The suspension of over 140 Members of Parliament (MPs) has triggered a vehement response from Congress leader Shashi Tharoor who accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government of betraying parliamentary democracy and reducing it to a "travesty.
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The suspension of over 140 Members of Parliament (MPs) has triggered a vehement response from Congress leader Shashi Tharoor who accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government of betraying parliamentary democracy and reducing it to a "travesty.”
Tharoor, himself suspended on Tuesday, addressed reporters following his participation in the opposition`s protest against the mass suspension. He asserted that the accountability of the council of ministers to Parliament, a fundamental principle of parliamentary democracy, had been compromised.
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