India postponed parliament on Monday after protests by opposition deputies over disqualification of The most prominent dissident Rahul Gandhi.
Gandhi was stripped of his parliamentary seat on Friday in a move that critics Increases concerns about creeping bullying in The world’s largest democracy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist government It has been widely accused by politicians opponents and human rights groups of using legal system To target and silence critics.
members of Congress against Gandhi party wear black T-shirts and scarves parliament Monday opened. some threw a paper at the speaker, who Then the proceedings were lifted.
“I want to run the home with “Dignity,” said Parliament Speaker Umm Birla. procedures of The house is postponed until four o’clock in the afternoon.
Gandhi’s expulsion came one day after his conviction of libel in Modi home state of Gujarat for a 2019 campaignThe written comment was considered an insult to the Prime Minister.
Gandhi, 52, is leading face of Congress, once dominant force of Indian politics But now it’s a shadow of that it former Self.
is the descendant of India’s most famous political dynasty and his son, grandson, and great-grandson of former prime Start ministers with Independence leader Jawaharlal Nehru.
But he did failed to challenge electoral juggernaut of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its nationalist appeals to India’s Hindu majority.
less house of parliament It ruled him ineligible to continue sitting as an MP on Friday, the day after his conviction in Defamation case.
The claim arose from an observation made during the 2019 elections campaignduring which Gandhi asked why “all the Modi thieves made (them) common family name”.
His comments were portrayed as slanderous against the prime ministero who gold on to win The election in landslide.
members of the government also He said the comment was a blot against All those who share Modi’s related surname with lower grades of India traditional class hierarchy.
On Thursday, Gandhi was sentenced to two years in prison but was released on on bail after his lawyers pledged to appeal.
A BJP spokesman said on Thursday that the court had acted with “Due Process” in reach its verdict.
The legal proceedings were widely publicized against opposition party The personalities and institutions they are viewed as critical of Modi government in Last few years.
Gandhi faces several other defamation cases and A money-laundering case that was hacked way Through India’s Glacier Act system for more who hold.
Editors Syndicate of India said there also broader direction of using government Agencies to intimidate or harass journalistic organizations that are critical of government Policies.”
On Saturday, Gandhi, who Recently completed a walk Across india hailed as success By commentators, he said he would “do everything I have to do to stand up for the Democrat nature of this country.”
