BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
War of phrases erupted between BJP and TMC MPs throughout Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT meet when BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s complained that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra had allegedly called him a “Bihari Gunda” thrice. It solely acquired higher when the chairman of the committee, Shashi Tharoor, mentioned that no such assembly was held in first place. BJP leaders on Wednesday boycotted the IT committee assembly and refused to signal the attendance register.Â
“TMC is allergic to all the Hindi-speaking people. That’s why they called me ‘Bihari Gunda’. This is an attack on Bihar’s pride. I have submitted all the facts to the Speaker. She (Mahua Moitra) should apologise,” Dubey mentioned on Wednesday. The BJP chief has taken his criticism to Speaker Om Birla.
However, Mahua Moitra has denied the allegation, saying she is accused of utilizing the slur throughout a gathering that by no means befell and Dubey was not current.
He additionally posted a tweet “The way your MP abused me using the words Bihar goonda, your party’s hatred towards north Indians and Hindi-speaking people has been exposed before the country.” The BJP MP has even tagged Trinamool chief and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in his tweet.
Moitra responded in a tweet: “Am a bit amused by charges of name-calling. IT meeting did not happen because NO quorum – members did not attend. How can I call someone a name who was not even present!! Check attendance sheet!” The Trinamool MP’s additionally tagged Congress MPs Shashi Tharoor, Karti Chidambaram and Nasir Hussain and one other Trinamool MP, Nadimul Haq in her tweet.
Reacting to your entire episode, Bihar LoP Tejashwi Yadav mentioned, “It is saddening if somebody has mentioned such a factor. One should chorus from making such feedback.
Confirming that there was no assembly Tharoor mentioned, “There couldn’t be a committee meeting yesterday because 10 people who were physically present chose not to sign register to deny us a quorum. There was no quorum & no meeting. How can I tell you about a meeting that never happened? I’m completely unaware. If somebody allegedly said something at a meet that never took place to somebody who was not there, how am I to be concerned about it? He did not sign the register, how do we know he’s there?”
“No constituted procedure followed in introducing Privilege Motion. It requires Speaker to get House’s consent & 25 members to stand & support. It wasn’t done. Therefore the Privilege Motion has no validity whatsoever,” he added.Â
The assembly of the committee to debate the Pegasus scandal, involving allegations of Israeli Pegasus adware allegedly used to eavesdrop on opposition politicians, two Union Ministers, and 40 journalists, was canceled as a result of there weren’t sufficient members.
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