Indian Congress MPs Accuse Speaker Birla

Women Members of Parliament from the India — Indian National Congress wrote a letter to India — Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, strongly objecting to his 'grave allegations' that they threatened or attempted to obstruct Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The India — Indian National Congress MPs claim that Om Birla made these allegations under pressure from the ruling India — Bharatiya Janata Party to defend Narendra Modi's absence from the India — Lok Sabha. They also allege that Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition, was deliberately denied the opportunity to speak for four consecutive days. The India — Indian National Congress MPs assert their protests were peaceful and that Narendra Modi's absence was an 'act of fear'.