Can Rahul Gandhi be expelled from LS after his Cambridge speech?  Neelu Vyas 15/3/2023  https://www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/can-rahul-gandhi-be-expelled-from-ls-after-his-cambridge-speech

five keys aspects of the alleged attack on Indian democracy - a) capture and control of media and judiciary, b) surveillance and intimidation, c) coercion by federal law enforcement agencies, d) attacks on minorities, Dalits and Tribals, e) shutting down of dissent.

..Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankar who threw a counter to Rahul's remark where he said that mics of opposition MPs are switched off inside Parliament. Dhankar said, “No political strategy or partisan stance can justify compromising our nationalism and democratic values. ..

At the culmination event of the 85th plenary session in Raipur, Rahul reflected that the party needed more events to speak against the Modi government, not necessarily yatras but other manifestations which would be bigger, bolder and more heroic. BJP might scream and holler by calling Rahul a constant cynic and a persistent purveyor of propaganda, but Rahul seems to be the only one wounding the tender spots of the Modi-led BJP government...

Many political experts have begun to draw a parallel with what happened in 1976 where Subramaniam Swamy was expelled from Rajya Sabha for making defamatory innuendo against India in UK, the US and Canada.

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