On Wednesday, INDIA bloc allies Congress and the Trinamool Congress continued to speak as protests disrupted yet another day of Parliament’s Winter Session. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi assured that the Opposition’s motive was for the Lok Sabha to function, Trinamool, however, struck a note with MP Kalyan Banerjee accusing the Congress, along with the BJP, of dictating how the House functions.
Rahul Gandhi said outside the Parliament, “Our aim is that the House should run, and a discussion should happen in the House. Let them say whatever they want against me, we want the Constitution debate.” A discussion on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution will take place in the Lok Sabha on Friday and Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to respond to the debate on Saturday. The Congress MP went on to say that BJP leaders were making baseless allegations against him to avoid a discussion in the House on the bribery charges against Adani Group chairperson Gautam Adani in the US.
“No matter what they say about me, we want the debate on the Constitution to take place on December 13. They don’t want a discussion about Adani (bribery case). They will keep levelling allegations at us, but the House must function,” said the Leader of the Opposition.
“It is very simple, they do not want a discussion on the Adani issue and want to distract from the Adani issue. You know, we will not leave them at the end,” he said. In total contradiction to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee said the House functions according to the BJP and Congress.
“They decide how long it will function. This is not correct. The BJP and Congress get more opportunities to speak. We don’t get the opportunity to speak. Other political parties are suffering,” he alleged. Rahul Gandhi also informed that he spoke to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and urged the latter to remove remarks made against him by BJP MPs.
“I had a meeting with the Speaker and I told him that our party is saying that derogatory comments against me should be expunged. The Speaker said he would examine them. They (the BJP) continue to make all kinds of baseless allegations. Whatever provocation they do, we will allow them,” he told reporters.
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