"Murder Of Democracy": Rahul Gandhi On Abrupt End To Parliament Session

"Today we had to come out here to speak to you (the media) as we (the opposition) are not allowed to speak inside Parliament.... This is the murder of democracy," Mr Gandhi was quoted by news agency ANI

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders held a march outside the parliament building this morning to protest the abrupt end to the monsoon session of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and the alleged assault on women MPs in the Upper House. "Today we had to come out here to speak to you (the media) as we are not allowed to speak inside Parliament.... This is the murder of democracy," Mr Gandhi was quoted by news agency ANI. "The Parliament session is over. As far as 60 per cent of the country is concerned... there has been no Parliament session. The voice of 60 per cent of the country has been crushed, humiliated and yesterday, in the Rajya Sabha, physically beaten," Mr Gandhi said. "The opposition didn't get a chance to present their views in Parliament. Yesterday's incident against women MPs was against democracy. It felt like we were standing at the Pakistan border," Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said.