INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday accused the federal government of wanting to establish an authoritarian supremacy in Parliament by
terrorising the opposition, which it stated was borne out by the unilateral suspension of MP Rajini Patil, and through the expunction of
remarks made by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and MP Rahul Gandhi even when they were neither unparliamentary, nor violent in any
way.RS MP and Congress legal eagle Abhishek Singhvi refuted Patils suspension and the expunging of Kharges and Gandhis speeches in
Parliament and said BJP does not want Parliament to go through consensus, partnership and concurrence, however through clash, turmoil, and
In a fervent appeal for fairplay to Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha chairperson, who he described as the robust guards without who the
spirit of healthy parliamentary discussion and dispute will die , Singhvi stated not a single word in Kharges or Gandhis speeches validated
the use of the power of expunction
There is no use of unparliamentary language, no curs, no debasement of any organization, no objectionable or violent word or expression
There is definitely nothing which is from another location defamatory or indecent or unparliamentary or undignified in those addresses, he
The senior advocate-MP added, Unless free, frank and courageous discussion is allowed to happen within the two Houses of Parliament,
democracy is essentially and irreversibly threatened ..
Expunction is not validated by any reading of the appropriate Rules, like Rule 380 qua Lok Sabha and comparable Rules in RS handling
None of the tests therein are even suitable, much less met
Congress likewise protested against Patils suspension for the remainder of the Budget session, calling the action out of proportion,
excessive and actuated purely by political malice at the wish of this government .
