Hyderabad, Feb. 4 -- Congress leader Madhu Goud Yaskhi on Tuesday condemned the BJP-led central government for restricting the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi from speaking during the Motion of Thanks to the President's address.

Underscoring the role of opposition in the democracy, Yaskhi called the incident "complete dictatorship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government."

"As a member of parliament for 10 years, I can say that nothing like this has ever happened in history. The LoP doesn't represent just one political party but all entied political opposition parties in the Lok Sabha. Democracy can't survive without strong opposition. This is a complete dictatorship of PM Modi and the central government. F...