NEW DELHI, Dec 19: The opposition parties’ protests in Parliament have angered Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said on Tuesday that their actions will guarantee that their numbers decline further in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections while the BJP gains ground. In his remarks to the BJP Parliamentary Party, Modi also voiced alarm over “attempts” to downplay the security breach in Parliament, calling them just as concerning as the actual incident, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters. Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Congress party, recently attributed the Parliament breach on December 13—which occurred when two protestors leaped into the lower house chamber and opened smoke cans—to rising unemployment and prices.According to the prime minister, everyone who upholds democracy and democratic principles ought to have denounced the events as a whole. As per BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, “How can a party believing in democratic values overtly or covertly justify it?” he stated. The prime minister asked BJP members to exercise restraint and adhere to democratic norms, stating that opposition parties are shaken by their defeat in the most recent assembly elections and are disrupting Parliament in frustration.While the bloc parties in India are gathering on Tuesday to plan how to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Modi stated that while their objective is to overthrow his government, his government’s objective is to secure a prosperous future for the nation. After the meeting, he suggested that BJP MPs travel to border villages.
