Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on December 1 launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the government is preventing Parliament from holding meaningful discussions on issues repeatedly raised by the opposition. Gogoi claimed that during a recent meeting of floor leaders, every opposition party demanded a debate on the Indian electoral system, but the ruling BJP refused to list the matter in the parliamentary agenda for the week.
Gogoi argued that Parliament must represent the concerns of both sides of the aisle, stressing that the refusal to allow debate undermines democratic accountability. He asserted that the Prime Minister is deliberately avoiding scrutiny, stating that “the government does not want the Prime Minister to be held accountable.”
A day earlier, on November 30, the Congress leader had posted a video message on X, warning that the BJP was preparing “new excuses” to evade a debate on electoral reforms. In his post, he shared a clip from the Rajya Sabha in 2021, in which former MP Rajeev Gowda highlighted multiple gaps in the electoral process within minutes. Gogoi said the video served as a reminder that concerns over the electoral system were neither new nor trivial.
Reiterating the need for transparency, Gogoi remarked that the country is eager to hear a detailed parliamentary debate on the functioning of Indian elections, but the ruling party is “shying away” from engaging in one.
