Congress MPs, including KC Venugopal, K Suresh and Manickam Tagore, wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla alleging that India Bloc MPs were physically prevented from entering and three ruling party MPs along with opposition leader Rahul Gandhi were physically assaulted. Beat up brutally.
In a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, the Congress MPs claimed that they were protesting peacefully and marching from the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar in the Parliament House to Makar Dwar.
The MPs said, “However, when we tried to enter Parliament from the Makar Gate, the protesting MPs were physically stopped from entering. We would also like to bring to your notice that the opposition leader Rahul Gandhi along with The three ruling party MPs physically assaulted him. This is a clear violation of the privileges given to him in his official capacity as an MP. Their conduct is not only a violation of Rahul Gandhi’s personal dignity. but one It was a blatant attack and also contrary to the democratic spirit of our Parliament.”
“We hope that you will take this matter extremely seriously and take appropriate action,” he said.
Talking to the media, Rahul Gandhi said that he has the right to go inside the Parliament.
The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha said, “This may have happened on your camera. I was trying to go inside from the Parliament entrance, BJP MPs were trying to stop, push and threaten me. That’s why it happened. Yes, it happened (Mallikarjun Kharge was pushed) but this is the entrance and we have the right to go inside. The main issue is that they They are attacking and insulting the memory of Ambedkar ji.”
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla saying that BJP MPs pushed him at Makar Dwar and he suffered a knee injury. He has urged the Speaker to investigate the incident.
Earlier, BJP MP Pratap Chandra had claimed that he was standing on the stairs when another MP fell on him, causing injury to his head.
Singh told reporters, “Rahul Gandhi pushed an MP who fell on me after which I fell down. I was standing near the stairs when Rahul Gandhi came and pushed an MP who fell on me. “
The incident occurred at a time when ruling BJP MPs were protesting in the Parliament complex against the Congress party for “insulting” Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Meanwhile, due to opposition and BJP’s protest over the Ambedkar controversy, the proceedings of both the Houses were adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday. India Bloc MPs, led by Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday protested in the Parliament complex and demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned on Wednesday due to protests by Congress and other opposition members over remarks related to BR Ambedkar attacking the Congress by Home Minister Amit Shah in his speech in the Rajya Sabha.
