Opposition parties in India are rising after the announcement of the exclusion of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament. The figure of the Congress Party faces two years in prison for remarks about the Prime Minister dating from 2019. Even the usual opponents of Congress denounce a political vendetta of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) in power.
With our correspondent in Bangalore, Como Bastin
” In Modi’s New India, opposition leaders have become the number one target of the BJP! This is how Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of Bengal, reacted. She left Congress to launch her own rival party, the TMC (All India Trinamool Congress).
For his part Arvind Kejriwal, leader of the AAP party (Aam Aadmi Party) which has just beaten the Congress in Punjab, does not mince his words against Modi. He judges that ” the country must be saved from an arrogant and illiterate dictator “.
” The action against Gandhi aims to silence all criticism, and all those who love democracy must come out to oppose it said the communist chief minister of Kerala.
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Statement of CM Sri KCR on the disqualification of Congress MP @RahulGandhi from Lok Sabha:
“Sri Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification is an attack on Democratic principles and Constitutional values of India. It reflects the autocratic and egoistic personality of Sri @narendramodi.” pic.twitter.com/vJvMOWYCbM
— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) March 24, 2023
A rare united front which gives a little hope to Shashi Tharoor, famous deputy of the Congress party: ” Everyone. There are at least six opposition parties that oppose the Congress. I think it can galvanize change in the months remaining before next year’s election. The urgency now has become evident. If the opposition remains divided, they will lose much more easily than if they can find unity around the principles of safeguarding democracy. »
Congress also announced on Friday March 24 a national and transpartisan movement for ” save democracy “. But no one knows for the moment which parties will respond to his call. The ruling BJP party maintains that his sentence is perfectly legal.