‘Astonished and shocked’: Congress alleges CISF being made to stop Opposition protests

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged on Friday that personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force were rushed into the Rajya Sabha well to stop Opposition leaders from protesting.

“We are astonished and shocked,” said Kharge, the leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, in a letter to Harivansh, the deputy chairman of the Upper House of Parliament.

He said the personnel had rushed to the well to stop Opposition protests on Thursday as well as Friday. “This is most objectionable and we condemn it unequivocally,” the Congress leader said.

His letter added: “We expect that in future CISF personnel will not come trooping in the well of the House when Members are raising important issues of public concern.”

Sharing the letter on social media, Kharge’s party colleague Jairam Ramesh said the MPs were seeing the “takeover of the chamber” by security personnel after the “sudden and unprecedented” resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.

The vice president is also the Rajya Sabha chairperson.

After the sudden and unprecedented resignation of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, we are now seeing the takeover of the chamber of the Council of States by the personnel of the CISF.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha has just written to the Deputy Chairman, Rajya… pic.twitter.com/58cidFxp79— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh)...

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