Mahua Moitra accuses LS speaker of muting opposition, says 'willing to go to jail'

• Mahua Moitra on Wednesday accused Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla of not allowing opposition members
• Taking to Twitter, the MP said, "Democracy is under attack"
• "...speaker leads from the front. And I am willing to go to jail for this tweet," she wrote on Twitter

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday accused Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla of not allowing opposition members to speak in Parliament. Taking to Twitter, the MP said, "Democracy is under attack." Tagging Speaker Om Birla on social media, Moitra alleged only BJP ministers are allowed to speak on mike.

"Om Birla allow ONLY BJP ministers to speak on mike & then adjourn parliament with not single opposition member being allowed to speak. Democracy IS under attack. And the speaker leads from the front. And I am willing to go to jail for this tweet," she wrote on Twitter.

In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Chowdhury alleged that the mike on his table "has been muted for the past three days" and claimed that it "amply substantiates" Rahul Gandhi's statement that "mikes of the opposition members are often muted in India".

Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have failed to transact any business for the last three days since the Budget Session resumed, with the BJP pressing for an apology from Gandhi, whom it accused of insulting India on foreign soil with his remarks on democracy.