Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Questions Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Over ‘Jai Samvidhan’ Remarks

New Delhi [India], June 28: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticized Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for reprimanding Congress MP Deepender Hooda after Shashi Tharoor chanted ‘Jai Hind, Jai Samvidhan’ in Parliament. Vadra questioned why opposition members were stopped from chanting ‘Jai Samvidhan’ while governing party members were not stopped from raising unparliamentary slogans.

The incident occurred during the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, which began on June 24 and will conclude on July 3. The 264th Session of Rajya Sabha will commence on June 27 and conclude on July 3.

Vadra expressed her concerns on social media, asking, “Can’t ‘Jai Samvidhaan’ be chanted in the Indian Parliament? People in power were not stopped from raising unparliamentary and unconstitutional slogans in the Parliament, but objections were raised when an opposition MP chanted ‘Jai Samvidhaan’. The anti-constitution sentiment that emerged during the elections has now taken a new form, which seeks to weaken our Constitution.”

During the Lok Sabha session, when Congress members raised slogans of ‘Jai Samvidhan’ after Tharoor’s oath, Om Birla remarked, “He is already taking oath on the Constitution,” to which Hooda responded, “You should not have objected to this.” The Speaker then asserted, “Don’t give me any advice on what I should or should not object to.”