New Delhi, July 25, 2023 (PPI-OT): Indian National Congress has said that the mic of its President and Opposition Leader in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, was switched off and he was prevented from speaking when he was demanding a detailed statement by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in the Parliament on the violence in the Manipur state. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh in a tweet said, “In the Rajya Sabha this afternoon, BJP MPs prevented Leader of the Opposition, Kharge ji from speaking and raising India’s demand for PM’s statement in the House on Manipur and a discussion thereafter.”

He said that repeated obstruction at the instigation of none other than the Leader of the House himself and the insistence to pass Bills in the din led to a walkout by all INDIA MPs for the rest of the day. Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brian in a tweet said, “This happened in Rajya Sabha today. The microphone of the Leader of Opposition was switched off. Every INDIA party walked out in protest of Parliament Deep Dark chamber.”

The Congress and the other opposition party leaders have been demanding a detailed discussion on the Manipur violence and also a statement by the Prime Minister on the issue in the north-eastern state. Earlier, Kharge in his speech in the House took a dig at Narendra Modi for referring the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) of opposition parties with East India Company.

Narendra Modi while addressing the MPs in the Parliamentary Party meeting of BJP, today, reportedly said the name INDIA has a strange coincidence. He said that the East India Company and the Indian National Congress were created by the British.

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