DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 22 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) in response to the nationwide protest called by the All India Congress Committee (AICC), staged a protest rally against the suspension of 146 INDIA MPs at Congress Bhavan, Kohima, on December 22.
“These MPs, belonging to both the houses of Parliament, were suspended because they demanded an address by the Union Home Minister over the issue of security breach brought about by the entry of two intruders into the Lok Sabha, whose entry incidentally was facilitated by a BJP MP,” a press release from the NPCC Communications Department stated.
It stated that such blatant abuse of power by the government of the day at the centre is unprecedented in the modern history of Parliamentary democracy in India and the rest of the world, and cannot be condemned enough.
“Needless to say, the actual reason for which the Modi government resorted to these mass suspensions was to ensure the passage of consequential bills without any meaningful parliamentary discussions and debates,” it added.
Further, the NPCC said that the bills passed under this “subversive environment” include the “three draconian Criminal Justice Bills, which envisions to arm the state with overarching draconian powers to impede on the rights of its citizens.”
It also cited what it termed as the “equally draconian and sinister Postal and Telecoms Bills, which is basically an open license to the government to snoop and pry on any and every individual in complete contravention of universally accepted personal privacy rights.”
Lastly, the NPCC also condemned passage of the The Chief Election Commissioner Appointment Bill, “under which the Chief Justice of India has been dropped from the selection panel entrusted with the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election commissioners, sounding the death knell of the already heavily assaulted integrity and independence of the apex electoral institution of the country.”
The Congress asserted that they refuse to cower down to the “bullying tactics of the BJP and will continue to condemn and oppose their agenda to destroy the democratic principles upon which our founding fathers built our Nation.”
