Why BJP MP is not questioned for facilitating entry of intruders even a week after Parliament breach: Congress

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh asked why even after seven days of the Parliament security breach incident, BJP MP Pratap Simha who facilitated the entry of the two intruders into the Lok Sabha has not yet been questioned. The opposition INDIA coalition termed as undemocratic the suspension of MPs when they were demanding a statement by Home Minister on the LS breach. INDIA bloc called for nationwide anti-government protests on Friday.

New Delhi : Taking on the BJP-led Central government over the Parliament security breach, the Congress on Wednesday asked why BJP MP Pratap Simha has not yet been questioned though he "facilitated the entry of the two intruders" into the Lok Sabha even a week after the December 13 incident.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, asked: "It has been exactly a week since the very serious security breach in the Lok Sabha shocked the nation. The prime minister, home minister and the Lok Sabha speaker say that an investigation has started. So be it. But why is it that even after seven days BJP MP Pratap Simha who facilitated the entry of the two intruders into the Lok Sabha has not yet been questioned?"

The Congress MP described it as a very bizarre situation as the intruders themselves have been charged under the anti-terrorist law UAPA. Meanwhile, 142 INDIA MPs have been suspended for making the basic, straightforward and fully legitimate demand of a statement by the Home Minister in Parliament on the December 13th incidents, he said.

The Congress party's attack on the Centre came a day after 49 more MPs were suspended from Lok Sabha on Tuesday, taking the total number of suspended MPs in Parliament to 141.

The opposition INDIA coalition termed the suspension of MPs as undemocratic and called for nationwide anti-government protests on Friday. On its part, the government maintained that the suspended MPs faced action for insulting the Lok Sabha Speaker, Rajya Sabha Chairman and the institution of the country's Parliament.

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