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Photograph: AP India Indian government accused of attack on democracy as 141 MPs suspended Opposition politicians excluded from rest of winter session for protesting against parliament security breach Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi Tue 19 Dec 2023 17.29 CET Share on Facebook.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government was accused of a direct attack on democracy and creating “anarchy” after 141 MPs from 11 different opposition parties, who sit in the lower and upper houses of parliament, were suspended for the rest of the winter session.

While opposition MPs have been suspended by the BJP government in the past, this was the most bulk suspensions of MPs on record in Indian parliamentary history. »

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