<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has criticised the expulsion of two black minority US state lawmakers, sparing a white one, in Tennessee over their gun control protests, questioning the fairness of democracy in the United States.</span><br></b></div><div><b>&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></div><div>“US State legislature votes to expel two minority lawmakers, while keeping a third who was white. This is the state of democracy in the US,” Joy said overnight in his verified Facebook status.</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div>He also added: “The US State Department are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites”.</div><div><br></div><div>Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House voted Thursday to expel Justin Jones and fellow lawmaker Justin&nbsp; &nbsp;Pearson, who are both Black, for speaking out of turn during a gun control protest in the House chamber the week prior.</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div>Republican Gloria Johnson, a white lawmaker too participated in the demonstration, faced an expulsion vote that ultimately failed.</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div>Jones later vowed he would seek re-election for his Nashville seat, calling his removal an attack on democracy.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div>Republicans voted to expel Jones and his fellow Democratic colleague Pearson for leading a gun control protest on 30 March. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>