India’s Parliament voted on a number of key bills Wednesday, including contested criminal reform measures, after more than 140 opposition lawmakers were suspended this week in a major crackdown by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP. Opposition leaders accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to hobble a new political alliance that is challenging the BJP in next year’s elections. Karti Chidambaram of the opposition National Congress party warned after the suspensions India’s Parliament is “going to resemble the North Korean assembly.”
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