Parliament session 2023: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi right now (February 16) despatched a reply to a breach of privilege notice over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, knowledgeable Congress sources on Thursday.
Rahul allegedly made ‘unparliamentary’ remarks in opposition to the PM throughout his handle in the Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s joint handle to the Parliament.
The Congress chief replied to the Lok Sabha Secretariat on the notice served on him on a Privilege Motion by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, sources in his get together knowledgeable additional.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat had directed Rahul to reply to the breach of privilege notice moved by Union minister Joshi and BJP MP Dubey over his “misleading, derogatory, unparliamentary and incriminatory statements” in opposition to PM Modi in the Lower House.
Rahul was requested to submit his reply by February 15 for consideration by the Lok Sabha Speaker.
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The communication by the Privileges and Ethics Branch of the Lok Sabha Secretariat was despatched to the previous Congress president on February 10.
“I am to request you kindly to furnish your reply/comments in the matter by February 15, 2023,” stated the letter written by a Lok Sabha official. In his speech in the Lok Sabha on February 7, Rahul made a number of allegations in opposition to the federal government over the Hindenburg-Adani row. In his letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Dubey stated the Congress MP made sure “unverified, incriminatory and defamatory statements” in contravention of the foundations. He stated Rahul made these allegations in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi “without giving advance notice to the Speaker and the Prime Minister as required under Rule 353”.
“These statements are misleading, derogatory, indecent, unparliamentary, undignified and incriminatory in nature to the dignity of the House and Prime Minister being a Member of Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi, despite making a statement in the House that he would provide documentary evidence, has not submitted any duly authenticated document for supporting his statements,” Dubey wrote.
“As such, he has made a statement which amounts to misleading the House in the absence of any documentary evidence besides being a reflection upon the Prime Minister. This conduct is in clear violation of privileges of the House and its members besides being a clear case of contempt of the House,” the BJP MP added. Joshi, who posted an identical letter to the Speaker, stated Rahul’s remarks are liable to be expunged as they’re “derogatory, indecent, unparliamentary and undignified”.
(With businesses inputs)
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