Motihari (Bihar), February 10 Jan Suraj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday expressed his support for Rahul Gandhi, stating that the Congress leader should have been allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha during the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President's address last week.
Kishor, who had been relatively quiet since his party suffered a defeat in the assembly elections last November, told reporters in Motihari that "not allowing the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha to speak is not good for democracy."
Gandhi was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha during the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President's Address because he attempted to quote from an article in a magazine detailing the unpublished memoirs of former Army Chief General MM Naravane.
"The country has not only chosen the ruling party but also the opposition. Rahul Gandhi is the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and has the right to speak in Parliament. If what was said was wrong, it could have been removed from the record, but stopping someone from speaking is harmful for democracy," Kishor said.
Kishor also spoke about the death of a NEET aspirant in Patna last month.
"We are closely monitoring the developments related to the incident. Initially, the district police investigated the case, then a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed, and finally, the case was handed over to the CBI. One thing is clear: the district police did not conduct a proper investigation, and that is why the CBI was called," he said.
He also said that the possibility of involvement of high-profile individuals in this case cannot be ruled out.
The female NEET aspirant, hailing from Jehanabad, was found unconscious in the Shambhu Girls' hostel in Patna's Chitragupt Nagar on January 6. She died at a private hospital on January 11 after being in a coma for several days.
Her family had alleged that she was sexually assaulted, accusing authorities of attempting to cover up the incident. Later, police arrested an employee of the hostel.
