Congress MP Manickam Tagore and Rahul Gandhi Challenge Statements in Parliament
New Delhi [India], July 4: Congress MP Manickam Tagore wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, alleging that Prime Minister and BJP MP Anurag Thakur made incorrect statements in Parliament. Tagore requested action against these statements.
In a video, Tagore said, “Today, I wrote to the Speaker requesting him to initiate action against the incorrect and inaccurate statements of Prime Minister and Anurag Thakur in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President in Parliament.”
Earlier, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi wrote to Om Birla requesting the restoration of remarks expunged from his speech against the central government led by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). He stated that he sought to “convey the ground reality in the House.”
Gandhi asserted that every member of the House has the freedom of speech and the right to raise people’s concerns. He said, “Taking off my considered remarks from the records goes against the very tenets of parliamentary democracy.”
Highlighting BJP MP Anurag Thakur’s speech, Gandhi said, “In this context, I also wish to draw attention to the speech of Shri Anurag Thakur, whose speech was full of allegations; however, surprisingly, only one word has been expunged! With due respect to your good self, this selective expunction defies logic. I request that the remarks expunged from the proceedings be restored.”
After Rahul Gandhi’s speech created political heat, several portions of his address targeting the central government were expunged from the records of Parliament. In his speech, Gandhi accused the BJP and RSS of spreading violence and hatred, which drew protests from the Treasury benches.
