Opposition MPs belonging to the INDIA bloc, who have been suspended, have strongly criticised the BJP-led central government. They labelled their suspension as the government's "ultimate failure" and denounced it as a form of "anarchy" within the Parliament. They accused the ruling government of aiming for a "Opposition-free" Lok Sabha.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said, “This is not good for democracy. It is an insult to Parliament. They are suspending the MPs to scare us. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah did not want to show up in the House. They are delivering lectures in Varanasi and Ahmedabad amid the ongoing session of the Parliament.”
Day after 78 MPs were suspended in the Parliament, Lok Sabha suspended an additional 49 MPs for the remaining winter session of Parliament for ‘serious misconduct’. The MPs included Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari, and Karti Chidambaram, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, NCP leader Supriya Sule, and Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav.
A total of 141 opposition Members of Parliament have faced suspension from their respective houses, lasting until at least the conclusion of the winter session. This decision came after the MPs insisted on statements from the Prime Minister and the Home Minister, as well as a discussion, regarding the security breach in Parliament last week.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sushil Kumar Rinku told the media,“Those speaking the truth and asking questions have been suspended from the House today. The public is seeing the kind of dirty politics happening in the Parliament.”
Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that there was nothing but anarchy inside the Parliament. He added that the BJP did not have even a little faith in the country's parliamentary system.