BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad Criticises Congress Over Mock Parliament

Ravi Shankar Prasad, a BJP MP, criticised a Congress‑led mock parliament held in Patna on Saturday, calling it a mockery of parliamentary proceedings. He said the event was staged by the opposition while the ruling party was absent, and accused the Congress of disrespecting Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by holding the session on Patel’s 151st birth anniversary. Prasad further claimed that Jawaharlal Nehru became prime minister through ‘vote chori’ and that Congress leaders had repeatedly lost electoral support in several states. He urged Congress leaders to resign if they believed the voting process was compromised, and warned that the party would lose future elections if it continued its tactics. The BJP leader also accused Congress of undermining constitutional institutions such as the Election Commission, Supreme Court and army, and alleged that Congress leaders were acting under foreign pressure to weaken India’s democratic system.