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Akash Sama­roo

In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors have pushed back at the Prime Min­is­ter af­ter she ques­tioned their in­tegri­ty, brand­ing them “hyp­ocrites” and “bootlick­ers.”

Dur­ing de­bate on the Law Re­form (Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions) (Spe­cial Se­cu­ri­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Mea­sures) Bill, 2026, yes­ter­day, at least three in­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors voiced their dis­ap­proval of the gov­ern­ment’s crit­i­cisms in their con­tri­bu­tions.