Following Rahul Gandhi’s exclusion from the Lok Sabha three days prior, opposition parties stepped up their attacks on the government and observed a “dark day for democracy” on Monday.
On March 24, Gandhi was expelled from the House of Representatives, one day after a Surat court convicted him guilty of defamation and handed down a two-year prison term.
Opposition lawmakers raised a disturbance in both Houses of Parliament while dressed entirely in black.
Rahul Gandhi’s exclusion increases opposition enmity towards the government
