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"Rahul Gandhi and Pappu Yadav were doing the right thing. The protest was justified. This is the BJP's practice--if anyone opposes them, they file an FIR," Roy told ANI.

Manish Tewari stated India is no longer a democracy, calling institutions redundant. He described a two-horse system of arbitrary executive and judiciary. Parliament now acts as a gladiatorial arena for seizing executive power. Legislative productivity has significantly declined over decades. Tewari advocates for a fundamental redesign of the constitutional structure.

The violence by protesters was contained with enforcement agencies exercising restraint despite servere aggravation. | India News

"I support what Rahul Gandhi has said. At present, the strength of the Lok Sabha is 543 members, and we are not silent spectators. Members already get opportunities to speak and raise issues," Bhagat told ANI.

"We are not a democracy anymore today since the representative institutions of the will of the people are all but redundant. Instead, we are a two-horse system--an arbitrary executive and a judiciary that appoints its own judges notwithstanding the Memorandum of Procedure," Tewari, who is also the Lok Sabha MP from Congress, posted on X.

Protective equipment reported damaged or missing included 355 helmets, 285 body protectors, 54 shields, 10 torches, 24 first-aid boxes and 12 blankets.