India's Parliament in Turmoil: 141 MPs Suspended, Opposition Outraged

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India has suspended a total of 141 parliamentary members, mostly from opposition parties, for disrupting proceedings and protesting a security breach in the chamber. The suspensions have been criticized as a power grab by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now faces little opposition in the parliament. Opposition lawmakers have called the move dictatorial, while the government argues that it wants to focus on debating and deliberating contentious draft laws.
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