"Should Have Just Built 1 Room In Old Parliament": Akhilesh Yadav's Taunt

Between last week, Monday and this morning, Parliament has suspended more than 140 MPs for the rest of this session, which is the final full sitting before next year's election.

Samajwadi Party boss Akhilesh Yadav took a swipe at the ruling BJP Tuesday evening, hours after Lok Sabha suspended 95 MPs - over 140, including those ejected yesterday and last week - in an unprecedented move to close out the final full sitting of Parliament ahead of next year's election. जनता पूछ रही है जब सांसदों को निलंबित ही करना था तो फिर अधिक क्षमता वाली ‘बड़ी संसद' के नाम पर नई संसद बनवाई ही क्यों? इससे अच्छा तो भाजपा सरकार पुरानी संसद में ही दो-तीन लोगों के लिए एक नया कमरा बनवा लेती क्योंकि इस सरकार में न तो किसी को प्रश्न पूछने दिया जाता है न कोई चर्चा… pic.twitter.com/fbQznkTCtA

Mr Yadav, who saw two of his party colleagues suspended today - Dimple Yadav and ST Hasan, suggested the government need not have spent as much as it did (by some estimates over Rs 1,000 crore) on a larger Parliament building if it intended to suspend nearly two-third of the opposition.

"People want to know... when MPs were to be suspended, why was there a need for a new Parliament building? It would have been better if the BJP had built a new room, for two-three people, in the old Parliament itself..." the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister posted on X.