Parliament proceedings came to a standstill for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as the BJP’s attack on the Congress leader intensified. Rahul Gandhi For his remarks in the UK, he was accused of disrespecting the country’s constitutional institutions and reiterated the demand for an apology. The proceedings of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day. BJP members raised slogans and demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi, while the Congress-led opposition waved placards with quotes from the prime minister’s speeches. Narendra Modi during foreign trips.
“Rahul Gandhi maafi aam (Rahul Gandhi pardon)” BJP members shouted repeatedly from their seats, while opposition members raised slogans from the corridors and refrained from entering the well of the House.
“The ‘I’ of BRICS is flying,” read a placard, referring to the grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
“Pata nahi pehle janam mein kya paap kiya thi, Hindustan mein nad hua (Don’t know what sin I had committed that I was born in India)” read another placard that a Congress member quoted from the prime minister’s speech in Seoul. Was waved May 2015.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla tried to raise the Question Hour and appealed to the members to maintain the dignity of the House.
He asked the Congress members to maintain the decorum of the House and not display placards. However, the Congress members continued their protest, resulting in adjournment for the day.
Scenes of din were also witnessed in the Rajya Sabha when Leader of the House and Union Minister Piyush Goyal, without naming Gandhi, alleged that he had insulted Parliament and constitutional institutions and said that he should apologise. Gandhi, during a recent visit to the UK, alleged that the structure of Indian democracy was under “brutal assault” and that there was a “full-scale assault” on the country’s institutions.
“I believe this is a very serious issue on which the whole country and members are angry. The Parliament has been brought into disrepute, the pride of the country has been hurt in a way… Tried, those who attacked the country abroad and spread misconceptions about the country’s parliament… They should apologize in the parliament for this. Goyal said.
Before Goyal arrived in the House, RS president Jagdeep Dhankhar met to discuss the government’s failure to set up a joint parliamentary committee to probe allegations of fraud by Congress members including Pramod Tiwari, KC Venugopal, Kumar Ketkar and Ami Yagnik. The notice under Rule 267 was dismissed. Corruption and financial mismanagement by Adani group companies.
Dhankhar also rejected the notices of BRS’s K Keshav Rao and AAP’s Sanjay Singh to discuss the Hindenburg Report on Adani Enterprises and other group companies, also sought a discussion on the post-poll violence in Tripura and Demanded a ban on online gambling and regulation of gambling. Online games in Tamil Nadu by other members.
“To err is human … and sometimes, it is. We had such a seamless session because there was recognition … through fantastic feats at the Oscars. I thought it would be a day where not notice can be taken,” said the Chairman. Earlier, Rajya Sabha members, cutting across party lines, congratulated the Indian Oscar winners, calling it a “moment of pride” for the country.
Dhankhar dismissed the notices saying “there are issues which can be agitated (for) other means”.
Rule 267 seeks to adjourn the business of the day to raise any issue mentioned in the notice.
Congress member Shaktisinh Gohil and his party colleagues also staged a protest at the Well, demanding a discussion on the Adani issue, while other members raised slogans standing in the corridor.
Dhankhar tried to pacify Goel by giving him the floor and asking him to return to his seat.
“Yesterday (Monday) we raised a very important issue and the manner in which India was insulted and its institutions, including Parliament, were insulted,” the minister said.
“Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are part of the Parliament, which has been insulted. I think this is the first time the entire Parliament has been disrespected.”
He said the “unnecessary and gratuitous” remarks made by a parliamentarian on foreign soil against the Parliament included the President of India. “Constitutional provisions say that we all should condemn such behavior and the person concerned should apologise,” Goyal said.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with senior ministers including Prahlad Joshi, Goyal, Kiren Rijiju, Anurag Thakur and Nitin Gadkari.
The BJP-Congress tussle over Rahul Gandhi’s comments spread outside Parliament as well, with Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur slamming the opposition leader for his “Cambridge cries and London lies” to prevent the decline of democracy and voter turnout in India. asked to confront.
Participating in the Lokmat National Conclave here, Thakur said Gandhi has been criticizing India on foreign soil after losing several elections where the BJP and its allies emerged victorious defeating the Congress.
“No matter how much help he (Gandhi) seeks from foreign friends, foreign newspapers and channels, foreign soil, foreigners can never dominate India. You have to vote here, not in England or America. Personal attacks based on “falsehood and misinformation”. Pitroda, who was present during Gandhi’s talks in the UK, put up a strong defense of the comments made by the former Congress chief in a series of tweets.
“Please stop propagating and propagating lies about what Rahul Gandhi said in London. were you there? Have you seen the video? Do you really know what he said? In what context? What was the main message? “For clarification, please note that Rahul Gandhi basically said the following: 1. Indian democracy is a Global Public Good. 2. The state of democracy in India is a matter of concern. 3. This is an Indian problem, and we will deal with it,” Pitroda said.
He insisted that Gandhi never sought help from any foreign country.
Hitting out at Pitroda, BJP spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla wrote on Twitter, “Dear Uncle Sam, the entire media and nation has seen Rahul Gandhi’s video and how he is demanding action from America, Europe on Indian affairs.” Living in a world of realities and perhaps ‘hua to hua’, Rahul Gandhi and his ilk have done the same in the past – Rahul sought intervention from Nicholas Byrne, Mani Iyer sought Pakistani intervention. When it comes to undermining national sovereignty, Rahul is a serial offender,” he alleged.
The proceedings of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha came to a standstill on Monday as well.
Leaders of 16 parties including Congress, DMK, CPI-M, JDU, RJD, NCP, SP, SS (Uddhav), AAP, CPI, JMM, MDMK, NC and Kerala Congress held a meeting ahead of the session. And decided to raise the Adani issue in the House.
The TMC did not attend the meeting, but its MPs staged a sit-in in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex, demanding the government stop “protecting” the Adani group.
TMC members carried banners and placards saying “Stop protecting Adani” and raised slogans against the government.
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