As the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha commenced on Monday, several leaders of the Opposition INDIA bloc were seen staging a protest in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament.
They were seen protesting and holding copies of the Constitution in their hands. The Congress leaders were termed “guardians of democracy”, by Congress leader K C Venugopal. He had posted a video of the protest on X (formerly known as Twitter). The protest witnessed the presence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, party leader Rahul Gandhi, and TMC leader Mahua Moitra.
During the protests, Congress leaders held the Constitution copies in their hands and raised slogans like — “Our Constitution long live, long live” and “Who will save the Constitution? We will, we will”. “We are committed to protecting and upholding the Constitution. We are united in our resolve to fight against injustice…The INDIA alliance enters the 18th Lok Sabha taking Bapu’s blessings and with a fresh resolve to give voice to the people’s issues, challenges, hopes and aspirations in Parliament and keep the government in check every single minute,” Venugopal captioned the video.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge while addressing the media said, “We are protesting against the PM of our country, who is trying to break the Constitution. We are standing here beside the Gandhi statue and the Ambedkar statue. The ruling party is trying to break all the democratic norms. We will not allow this to happen.”
