Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday reacted to his suspension and said that he has been 'hanged' first and then will be undergoing trial, taking a jibe at the way he was suspended from the Lok Sabha. He also said that he might approach the court if he finds it can be resolved by the court of law. The Congress leader said that the recent suspension of leaders from Parliament is a phenomenon that he never witnessed in his entire political career. He added that his suspension order has been issued by the Speaker and so he cannot disobey it.
"I did not have even a remote objective disparage or tarnish anyone whosoever is in the Parliament. If anything stands unparliamentary, the Speaker has the right to delete or expunge but I don't know why for one or two words - which were misconstructed by them as an offensive ( I was suspended)," he said during a press conference in Delhi.
"They (BJP) may protest to the Speaker according to the provision of rules and procedures in our rule book and get it expunged," he said.
He further said, "What I have experienced is a deliberate design by the ruling party to throttle the voice of opposition by resorting to various unsavoury instruments, which should not have applied to me."
He also said that the opposition demanded PM Narendra Modi's statement on Manipur in Parliament and when they were not heard, they moved the no-confidence motion. He said that BJP kept passing bills in Parliament while a debate on no-confidence remained 'pending'. Chowdhury alleged that the opposition did not get a chance to voice its opinion on many bills.
"We had demanded the PM's statement on Manipur in Parliament. We wanted the Parliament to run. When we were not heard, we had to use the last resort of moving a no-confidence motion to make sure the PM speaks in Parliament...They (BJP) kept on passing bills in Parliament when the debate on no-confidence remained pending. The opposition did not get a chance to voice its opinion on many bills..," the MP said in a press conference in Delhi on Saturday.
Speaking on PM Modi's attack on the opposition's I.N.D.I.A alliance, Chowdhury said that the PM keeps referring to 'Indian Mujahideen', and 'East Indian Company' to counter the opposition while he also speaks for 'Startup India', and 'Make in India'.