New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MPs on Tuesday (March 14, 2023) congratulated the makers of “Naatu Naatu”, the chartbuster from SS Rajamauli’s movie “RRR”, and the documentary “The Elephant Whisperers” for successful two Oscars. When the House met, Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar talked about “Naatu Naatu” for successful the Academy Award for “Best Original Song” and “The Elephant Whisperers” for successful the Oscar for “Best Documentary Short Film”. Leader of Opposition and Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge took a dig on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and mentioned that they need to not say Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “directed” the film. In a lighter vein, he additionally mentioned that the BJP mustn’t bounce to assert credit score for the Oscars.
Kharge additionally acknowledged it was a matter of nice pleasure that two cinemas from southern India have received the award.
“My request is that the ruling party should not take credit that we have directed, we have written the poem, or Modi Ji has directed this film. They should not say that is only my request. It is the contribution of the country,” the Congress president quipped as Dhankhar and Rajya Sabha MPs broke into laughter.
Oscar successful ‘RRR’ and The Elephant Whisperes’ are India’s contributions to the world.
We request Modi ji to not take the credit score for his or her win.
:Congress President and LoP in Rajya Sabha Shri @kharge pic.twitter.com/43loVpofCF
— Congress (@INCIndia) March 14, 2023
Kharge’s celebration colleague Jairam Ramesh added that the chair mustn’t expunge these remarks.Â
“This is an occasion for collective celebration and not for narrow partisan point scoring the leader of the house is doing,” Ramesh mentioned.
Earlier in the course of the proceedings, Dhankhar expressed that the ninety fifth Academy Awards was a second of glory for us.
“The wins for ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ and ‘RRR’ mark a new recognition of the full spectrum of cinema that India produces,” he mentioned.
“The awards will further help internationalisation of the Indian film industry. These achievements also reflect a global appreciation of vast talent, immense creativity, and committed dedication of Indian artists,” he added, congratulating your complete crew of artists related to the 2 ventures for a “well-earned recognition”.
Leader of the House and Union minister Piyush Goyal mentioned, “‘The Elephant Whisperers’ has been made by two women of eminence. It is about gender. It is about respect for our women of India. It is a great mark of recognition for India’s women.”
It can be about sustainability, which has turn out to be core to our philosophy, he mentioned, including the scriptwriter of RRR, V Vijayendra Prasad, is a Rajya Sabha MP.
SP MP Jaya Bachchan mentioned she was glad that the House was discussing an important ambassadors of the nation, the movie fraternity.
“The market of cinema is here. It is not in America,” she mentioned.
The movie fraternity has represented the nation and received a lot of awards, Bachchan, a well-liked Bollywood actress, mentioned including Satyajit Ray received an oscar in 1992.
Several different MPs additionally congratulated and hailed the Oscar winners.
Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha proceedings had been adjourned for the day over the federal government’s demand for an apology from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for his ‘democracy’ remarks in London.
Dhankhar mentioned a gathering of flooring leaders has been referred to as to debate the difficulty.
When the Upper House reassembled at 2 pm after an earlier adjournment, Union Minister and Leader of the House Piyush Goyal reiterated the federal government’s stance that Gandhi should apologise for his remarks.
Gandhi, throughout a current UK go to, had alleged that the constructions of Indian democracy had been underneath “brutal attack” and there was a full-scale assault on the nation’s establishments.
