Does Rahul Gandhi deserve to continue as Leader of the Opposition after the complaint from Nagaland MP S Phangnon Konyak, asks BJP lawmaker and former minister Anurag Thakur.
“...BJP was doing a peaceful protest outside the Makar Dwar. Out of nowhere, Rahul Gandhi came with INDI Alliance MPs, and when the security guard told them to follow a designated path to get into the Parliament House. He refused to do so…
Phangnon Konyak is the second Naga woman MP. The first Naga woman to reach Parliament was Lok Sabha member Late Rano Shaiza. She was elected as UDF candidate after the Emergency.
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"Rahul Gandhi went ahead with his MPs and pushed BJP MPs following that Mukesh Rajput and Pratap Sarangi fell. Both of them are admitted to the hospital. Further, there was a tribal woman MP from Nagaland, Rahul Gandhi misbehaved with her.
She has filed a complaint with the Rajya Sabha Chairman. Does he deserve to be LoP in Lok Sabha?”.
BJP, Congress knock cops' doors as Parliament 'assault' row snowballs
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited RML hospital to meet injured BJP MPs.
"Two of our MPs Pratap Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput are admitted to RML hospital. I came here to meet them. Pratap Sarangi has two stitches and Mukesh Rajput's head has been severely injured.
However, both of them are now out of danger but it might take them three to four days to get discharged from the hospital. Whatever has happened today is extremely unfortunate," said Rajnath Singh.
A delegation of Congress MPs filed a 'counter-complaint' at the Parliament Street Police Station after BJP leader Anurag Thakur, leading a delegation of BJP MPs, lodged a complaint with the Delhi Police against Rahul Gandhi, alleging assault and incitement.
Speaking outside the Parliament Street Police Station, former Minister Anurag Thakur said,
“We have filed a complaint under Sections 109, 115, 117, 125, 131, and 351 of the BNS. Section 109 is attempt to murder, Section 117 is voluntary causing grievous hurt..."
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The BJP has accused Gandhi of pushing 69-year-old BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi during a protest by NDA MPs outside Makar Dwar.
According to BJP, Sarangi and another BJP MP, Mukesh Rajput, sustained injuries during the incident. Both were admitted to the ICU at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital with head injuries.
Meanwhile, a delegation of Congress MPs, including women parliamentarians, filed a counter-complaint at the Parliament Street Police Station. Congress MP Pramod Tiwari alleged a conspiracy behind the events, stating, “The way a Dalit leader was abused the day before yesterday and today he was pushed—this is all a conspiracy.”
The Congress vs BJP protest war - over Home Minister Amit Shah's "Ambedkar is the fashion" quip in the Rajya Sabha - moved to the Parliament Street Police Station on Thursday (Dec 19) afternoon, with MPs from the two parties trading complaints and allegations of physical assault of their women leaders.
Women MPs from the Congress marched on the police station to file their complaints.
"Today, a conspiracy was hatched by the ruling dispensation. BJP MPs... the way they treated Mallikarjun Khargeji, Priyanka Gandhiji and other women MPs is unfortunate. They (BJP MPs) wanted to create a scene there and that is what they did..." the Congress' Jebi Mather said.
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This was shortly after the BJP's Nagaland MP - Phangnon Konyak - accused the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of misbehaving with her as she and her colleagues were carrying out their protest.
In a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman, she said Rahul Gandhi had "misbehaved in a loud voice and his physical proximity... was so close that I, being a lady MP, felt extremely uncomfortable".
"I was standing just below the staircase of the Makar Dawar (the Parliament's main entrance) with a placard in my hand... suddenly the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Gandhi), with other party members, came in front of me despite there being a passage created for them (to enter the building)."
"I stepped aside with (a) heavy heart and denouncing my democratic right but felt that no Member of Parliament should behave this way," she said in a letter to Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Earlier, during the chaos two BJP MPs - Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput - were injured. Mr Sarangi said he fell and hurt his head after Mr Gandhi pushed a third person who then fell on him.
"Pratap Sarangi is a very simple person and he cannot even scold someone. He has a deep knowledge about Gita, Vedas and Ramayan, and people consider him a saint because of his behaviour. The way Rahul Gandhi pushed him, it is a sin," says BJP MP Arun Singh
No confidence motion moved by Opposition against Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar rejected by the deputy chairman
The no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has been rejected by the deputy chairman on the grounds that a 14-day notice was not given and Mr Dhankhar's name was not spelt correctly.
Deputy Chairman Harivansh said the motion was brought to create a narrative against the person holding the second-highest constitutional post in the country, source said. He pointed out that a joint press conference was also held to create a narrative against the Vice President, they added.
Laying out the reasons for the rejection, Mr Harivansh said a 14-day notice, which is mandatory to move such a motion, was not given. Mr Dhankhar's name, he said, was also not spelled correctly. One protocol that was followed correctly, however, was getting the motion signed by 60 MPs.
"If issues of national security or development are viewed through a political prism, we fail to stay true to our oath of the Constitution. Parliamentarians must demonstrate exemplary conduct that is worthy of emulation.
If Parliament ceases to be a center of dialogue, debate, and discussion—failing to address the issues of the people—it risks sliding into irrelevance, posing serious threats to our democratic values," says Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar
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