BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday served a privilege notice against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for using “certain unverified, objectionable and defamatory statements” against PM Modi in the Lok Sabha. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, he alleged that Gandhi violated the rules of the House.
“These statements are misleading, derogatory, indecent, unparliamentary, indecent and derogatory to the honor of the Prime Minister being a member of the Lok Sabha,” the letter said.
It added, “Shri Rahul Gandhi, despite making a statement in the House that he would provide documentary evidence, has not produced any duly attested document in support of his statement.”
Dubey requested the Lok Sabha Speaker to take immediate action against Gandhi for breach of privilege and contempt of the House.
If real Gandhi or his ghost spoke in Lok Sabha: Dubey
Taking a dig at Gandhi’s statement during the Bharat Jodo Yatra that ‘Rahul Gandhi is only in your mind, I have killed him… He is long gone’, Dubey wondered if the real Gandhi Or his ghost spoke in the Lok Sabha.
Congress had favored Tata, Birla, Ambani: Dubey
Earlier, Dubey on Tuesday refuted Gandhi’s allegations against the Narendra Modi government in the Lok Sabha, saying the Congress itself had favored several industrial houses like Tatas, Birlas and Ambanis.
Rahul targeted the government
Participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of helping and favoring ‘industrialist friend’ Gautam Adani.
Recalling the reports, Dubey said, “The Congress party had helped Tatas, Birlas and Ambani.” Even some industrialists who owned big newspapers were members of the Congress party, he said.
Adani got mines in Australia in 2010 when the Congress was in power at the Center, he said, adding that the businessman also has good relations with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The BJP leader also sought to know whether the Congress-led UPA government had changed the concession agreements given to GMR Group and GVK Group to help them complete the development of airports in New Delhi and Mumbai.
Amidst the objections raised by the Congress member to his speech, Dubey said he was ready to authenticate all documents and resign if found wrong.
On the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the BJP member said it was the Congress that allowed the then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson to flee the country.
He further said that the relation of Ottavio Quattrocchi, accused in the Bofors scam, with the Gandhi family is well known.
Participating in the debate, NCP member Amol Ramsingh Kolhe accused the Modi government of vitiating the social atmosphere by bridging the gap between Hindus and Muslims.
He said the country belongs to everyone whether they have voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or not.
Samajwadi Party’s Dimple Yadav said it was the duty of the government to respond to the issues raised by the Hindenburg Research in its report on the Adani group.
The rising prices of food and fuel were troubling the common people, he said, adding that poverty could not be removed until people were provided with employment.