The suspended lawmakers were protesting a security breach in the parliament earlier this month which saw a man storm the lower house and released a gas canister.

India suspended dozens of lawmakers from its parliament Tuesday, with opposition members accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party of orchestrating a power grab.

The lawmakers were suspended for disrupting parliamentary proceedings as they protested a security breach in the chamber after a man jumped into the Lok Sabha, or lower house, earlier this month and set off a smoke canister, shouting slogans and calling for an end to “fascism.”

The Lok Sabha’s speaker has said a review is being conducted and the police have filed terrorism charges against at least five people in connection with the breach.

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    1 year ago

    the Prime Minister’s party should retain control if he’s the Prime Minister though? or is Indian politics more convoluted than that?