New Delhi, April 4: Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah idu on Wednesday expressed anguish over the ongoing protests by the Telugu Desam Party, AIADMK, Congress and other opposition parties on different issues and dubbed these “murder of democracy”. idu’s remarks came when the house met for the day and and the opposition parties refused to heed his repeated requests to allow the house to function so that some important bills could be passed. “You are testing the patience of the people of the country. This is not good... this is not democracy. This is stifling democracy. This is in fact murdering democracy,” idu said. Soon after newly elected members took oath of office, members from the TDP, AIADMK, Congress and others trooped near the Chairman’s podium while shouting slogans such as ‘Save Andhra Pradesh’, ‘rendra Modi Dalit Virodhi’ and ‘We demand Cauvery board’.