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Was BJP a lenient opposition as compared to Congress? By Deepak Parvatiyar August 4, 2015 5.00/5 (100.00%) 1 vote  Published in elections.in (http://www.elections.in/blog/was-bjp-a-lenient-opposition-as-compared-to-congress/) The impasse over ‘Lalitgate’ and ‘Vyapam’ scam threatens to washout the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament. After an all-party meeting convened by the Lok Sabha Speaker on 30 July failed to break the Parliamentary deadlock, the government convened an all-party meeting to save the session on 3 August, but without any success. Instead, things came to a flashpoint the very same day when Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspended 25 Congress MPs for five days after the government approached the Speaker for frequent obstructions in the House throughout the session. Disruptions in Parliament and Suspension of Congress MPs Although Mahajan was well within her powers to suspend the Congress members, her unprecedented action is now being terme