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Congress MP KC Venugopal moves privilege motion against PM Modi for derogatory remarks against Rahul, Sonia Gandhi

Congress MP KC Venugopal, Friday, moved a privilege motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged derogatory remarks against Rahul Gandhi and his mother and former party chief Sonia Gandhi.

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Congress MP KC Venugopal, Friday, moved a privilege motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged derogatory remarks against Rahul Gandhi and his mother and former party chief Sonia Gandhi.

In a scathing barb aimed at Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi, and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra—PM Modi while replying to a debate on the motion of thanks on President Murmu’s address, asked why no one from the Gandhi family uses his surname but pounces at the BJP if they sometimes “forget” to mention him.

The Prime Minister asked: “We would correct our mistake as he was the first prime minister of the country. But I do not understand why anyone from his clan is afraid of keeping Nehru surname?”

He further if they (Gandhis) were “ashamed” of using the Nehru surname and if so, why?… “When the family is not ready to accept such a great personality, why do you keep questioning us.”

PM Modi further said that he has read somewhere that as many as 600 government schemes are reportedly in the name of the Gandhi-Nehru family.

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Responding to the PM’s comments against the Gandhi family during his speech, KC Venugopal wrote in the notice: “Above mentioned remarks prima facie made in a mocking manner are not only disgraceful but also insulting and defamatory vis-a-vis the members of Nehru family particularly Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Rahul Gandhi who are Members of Lok Sabha.”

Vengopal added: “At the outset, I would like to say that the very suggestion by the Prime Minister why did they not take Nehru as a surname is preposterous by its very nature. Prime Minister knows on that day knew very well that surname of the father is not taken by daughter.”

“Despite knowing that, he deliberately mocked. Besides this, there is no need for further elaboration. Furthermore, the tone and tenor of the remark is insinuating and derogatory in nature. This clearly amounts to a casting reflection upon Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Rahul Gandhi by the Prime Minister which breaches upon their privileges and is also tantamount to contempt of the House,” the notice added further.

Meanwhile, both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned till Monday, March 20, today as commotion continued for the second consecutive day over the ruling BJP stepping up the pressure for an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his comments in the United Kingdom.

Addressing a presser yesterday, Gandhi had said that he wants to respond to the charges levelled against him by the BJP but isn’t being allowed to speak in the Parliament.

Reports quoting sources said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won’t let the Congress scion speak in the House unless he formally apologises for his remarks.

Chaos continued during the second the leg of the ongoing budget session today in parliament as BJP members pushed for Gandhi’s apology while the opposition parties pressed for their demand of a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Adani-Hindenberg row.

Both sides resorted to loud sloganeering leading to the audio being muted as ruckus ensued and ultimately the parliament was adjourned for the day.

Later, in a tweet in Hindi, reiterating Rahul Gandhi’s claims of microphones of opposition leaders being muted whenever they try talking about an important issue in the parliament, the Congress said: “Earlier only the mic used to be turned off, today even the proceedings of the House were muted. The house is mute for PM Modi’s friend.”

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Delhi Police detain Congress leaders on march near Red Fort

On Monday, Congress leaders wore all black near Parliament and protested against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha.

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Delhi Police on Tuesday detained Congress workers and leaders who were reaching to take part in Loktantra Bachao Mashal Shanti March at Red Fort. The video of the detention was shared by the official media platform of Congress.

Reports said several senior leaders including former Chief Minister Harish Rawat were detained by the police. In the visuals, Congress workers and leaders can be seen shouting slogans.

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On Monday, Congress leaders wore all black near Parliament and protested against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha. The former Congress MP from Wayand’s parliament membership was cancelled after he was convicted in the 2019 defamation case involving the Modi surname remark. The Party is conducting a month-long protest across all states against the disqualification.

Gandhi was sentenced to 2 years in jail in the case by a Surat court and was granted bail on a bail bond of Rs 10,000. His sentence was suspended by the court for 30 days so that Gandhi could appeal to the High Court.

The politician, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019, attacked the Opposition and apparently asked why all thieves have Modi as their surname during a rally.

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Salman Khurshid confident on Rahul Gandhi’s return to Parliament, says he will be back soon

Congress leader Salman Khurshid said that if Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification marks the beginning of a corporation, it was worth paying the price.

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Senior Congress leader and former Law Minister Salman Khurshid spoke to the media on Tuesday and showed confidence in Rahul Gandhi’s return to Parliament. Khurshid statements come in the backdrop of vacating notice served to the disqualified Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Khurshid, while speaking to the media, said that he is confident that Rahul Gandhi will return to the parliament very quickly through the legal process. The former Law Minister in an interview with the PTI also said that Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification begat Opposition to unity and termed it to be a good point to begin on.

He also said that if Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification marks the beginning of a corporation, it was worth paying the price.

Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on March 24 subsequently after the Congress leader was convicted by a Gujarat Court in a defamation case. Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification was condemned and termed as a black day for democracy by many within and across party lines.

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The most recent development in the case was that the senior Congress leader was served a notice to vacate his allotted bungalow on March 27th. After being served the notice to vacate, Gandhi replied and agreed to abide by the notice.

However, the notice to vacate was slammed by various Congress leaders as Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge came forward and said that Rahul Gandhi can go live with his mother or he can also approach him and he will vacate one for him.
Kharge in his statement also slammed and condemns the Centre and accused the government of trying to intimidate and humiliate the Opposition. He also highlighted that they had to manage without a house for three to four months. He further talked about his bungalow and said that he got it after six months.

He further accused the BJP of doing such things to humiliate others and condemned the attitude of the BJP.

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BJP’s OBC MPs protest in Parliament against Rahul Gandhi’s Modi surname remark, demand apology

BJP MP’s belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBC) on Tuesday staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue inside Parliament premises over the Modi surname remark by Rahul Gandhi and demanded an apology from the Congress scion over the contentious comment.

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BJP MP’s belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBC) on Tuesday staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue inside Parliament premises over the Modi surname remark by Rahul Gandhi and demanded an apology from the Congress scion over the contentious comment.

On Friday last, Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha, day after a Surat court convicted him in a 2019 defamation case and sentenced him to a two-year jail term.

The disqualification which will prevent 52-year-old Gandhi, a four-time MP, from contesting elections for eight years unless a higher court stays the conviction, has kicked up a political storm with the Congress staging a countrywide satyagraha on Sunday to protest the decision.

Meanwhile, the BJP isn’t relenting from its demand of an apology from the Gandhi scion for his Modi surname remark.

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Earlier in the day, the saffron party targeted Rahul Gandhi against, saying that the former Wayanad MP “pretending not to be a coward” after previously apologising to the Supreme Court for the ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019.

Talking to newsmen at a presser, Union Minister Smriti Irani today said that Gandhi was convicted not for “abusing” an individual but the entire OBC community and “pretends not be a coward” when he already apologized to the Supreme Court in 2019 for his remarks against PM Modi.

Irani said that in his attempt to “insult” PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi also “insulted the entire OBC community and yet does not have the humility to “beg forgiveness” from them (OBC) which shows the “political arrogance” of the Gandhi family.

The BJP and the Congress have been involved in a political slugfest since a court in Gujarat’s Surat city convicted its Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 criminal defamation case and sentenced him to a two-year prison term, which led to his disqualification from Lok Sabha.

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