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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday without naming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who has been disqualified from Lok Sabha on being convicted in a defamation case, said the country is witnessing a new low in a constitutional democracy.
Opposition leaders are being disqualified for their speeches, she asserted “In PM Modi's New India, Opposition leaders have become the prime target of BJP ! While BJP leaders with criminal antecedents are inducted into the cabinet, opposition leaders are disqualified for their speeches," the fiery TMC Supremo said in a tweet.
In PM Modi’s New India, Opposition leaders have become the prime target of BJP!
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 24, 2023
While BJP leaders with criminal antecedents are inducted into the cabinet, Opposition leaders are disqualified for their speeches.
Today, we have witnessed a new low for our constitutional democracy
"Today, we have witnessed a new low for our constitutional democracy,” Banerjee, added.
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after a Surat court convicted him in a 2019 criminal defamation case.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat notified that Rahul Gandhi's disqualification was effective from March 23, the day of his conviction.