News

Rahul Gandhi In Parliament Today Amid Huge Row Over His London Remarks



Law Minister says Rahul Gandhi speaks the language of anti-India forces

New Delhi:

Parliament adjourned early without any work today amid chaos over BJP attack on Rahul Gandhi’s comments in London and opposition’s demand to investigate Joint Commission Parliamentary Agreement on the Adani-Hindenberg Dispute.

Rahul Gandhi, appearing in parliament for the first time since controversy broke out over his comments in London on the state of democracy in India, left without attending the House of Commons after the session was adjourned. they eat.

“I will speak in the House of Commons if they allow me,” the congressional leader told NDTV. Regarding the BJP asking him to apologize, he said: “I don’t give any anti-India speech.”

At Lok Sabha, Trinamool Members of Parliament demonstrated around the Speaker’s chair with a black ribbon covering his mouth.

The stalemate between the government and the opposition has stalled all work in the second half of the Budget session.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju ramped up the pressure on Parliament this morning, accusing Rahul Gandhi of lying in Britain and smearing the nation.

“The person who talks the most in this country, day and night targeting the government, tells foreigners that he has no right to speak freely in India,” Mr Rijiju told reporters.

“Rahul Gandhi can sink Congress, we don’t care. But if he tries to harm or offend the nation, we as citizens cannot be silent. Just because the country refuses to leader of Congress, doesn’t mean he can abuse Congress.” countries abroad,” he added.

“All members of the anti-India gang have the same opinion. They repeat whatever Rahul Gandhi says,” Mr. Rijiju criticized.

Parliament has ruled out an apology, pointing out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi often attacks Parliament during his foreign trips.

“I would like to ask those who are looking for an apology that Modiji has been to five or six countries and there he (Modi) humiliated our country by saying it is a sin to be born in India. , now it’s these people who are curtailing freedom of speech,” Kharge said.

A series of Union Ministers denounced Rahul Gandhi for his comments in London.

At a recent lecture at Cambridge University, the MP said Indian democracy was under pressure and the voices of the opposition were being muffled.

Rahul Gandhi has said, “Everybody knows and there is a lot of news saying that Indian democracy is under pressure and under attack. I am an Opposition leader in India, we are navigating no The institutional framework needed for democracy is Parliament, a free press, and a judiciary, just the idea of ​​mobilizing and moving around it all is limited. We are facing an attack on the basic structure of Indian democracy.”

Parliament and other opposition parties have accused the ruling BJP of trying to deflect attention from the Adani-Hindenburg dispute and dodge a request to form a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the allegations. Hindenburg’s compulsion against the Adani Corporation. The Adani Group has strongly denied allegations of securities fraud and stock price manipulation.

The Supreme Court last month ordered a panel of experts to investigate regulatory processes and the impact on investors over Hindenburg’s allegations, which led to the collapse of Adani Group shares.

The government also said that market regulator SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) would submit a report within two months of investigating the allegations.

news7f

News7F: Update the world's latest breaking news online of the day, breaking news, politics, society today, international mainstream news .Updated news 24/7: Entertainment, Sports...at the World everyday world. Hot news, images, video clips that are updated quickly and reliably

Related Articles

Back to top button