Congress MP Jairam Ramesh alleged that the Modi government does not want to discuss the "real, urgent" issues; TMC MP Derek O'Brien said that "democracy has been suspended".
Reporters Shakib Rangrezz and Vishal Stonewall, working with 'ChalChitra Abhiyaan', were accosted while speaking to residents of Kishanpur Baral village in Uttar Pradesh and threatened for "spreading misinformation about the government".
The Congress on Wednesday said it is "cruel" on the part of the government to raise GST on some essential items of consumption as it will lead to a further rise in inflation.