Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Chief Chirag Paswan on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against the central government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Parliament, claiming that the latter "played with religious sentiments".
A day after political chaos emerged over Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's remarks in the Parliament, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday said that it is "unfortunate" that the former's statements are being "distorted".
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajasthan president CP Joshi hit out at Rahul Gandhi for his remarks in Parliament saying that they are reprehensible and wrong and the newly elected Leader of Opposition should apologize.
Amidst the high-voltage debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in the Rajya Sabha, a heated argument took place between Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on the issue of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Earlier in the day during the motion of thanks of the President's address, Rahul Gandhi targeted the BJP-led government and alleged there has been "a systematic attack" on the idea of India.
"How many pages are there in the Constitution? How many? Don't say it is 'this' fat. Tell me how many pages are there? You have been roaming around with you every day. Haven't you bothered to read it once? You do not read but wave it around. Take it out of your pockets and see," Thakur said
Participating in the debate on the Motion Of Thanks to the President for her address to a joint sitting of Parliament, Rahul Gandhi targeted the BJP-led government and alleged there has been "a systematic attack" on the idea of India.
Speaking to ANI on Monday, Chirag Paswan said, "Discussion is always done after the motion of thanks on the president's address. The government has nothing to hide on the NEET issue. The central agencies are carrying out investigations on the issue of paper leaks. The government will take
Congress MP Manish Tewari called for a "re-examination" of the new criminal laws that came into force on Monday, referring to them as "draconian" and added that there are "enough reasons to pause" the implementation.
Congress MPs KC Venugopal and Manickam Tagore on Monday gave adjournment motion notices in Lok Sabha demanding a discussion on the ongoing row over the alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
Congress MP Manish Tewari gave an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha on Monday seeking a discussion on the three new criminal laws that came into force from July 1.