New Delhi, March 11 -- Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday accused the BJP-led government of trying to suppress the voice of oppositon and said microphone is sometimes turned off.

Participating in debate on opposition resolution for removal of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, he said tere are "many instances in history and our traditions that teach us the importance of propriety and justice".

"In the Mahabharata, when Duryodhana disrobed Draupadi, it was an insult to proprieties, civilizations, and the entire feminine power. If the people present there had stopped him at that time, the Mahabharata war would not have happened. In Parliament, the opposition's voice is suppressed, the microphone ...