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condemn JP Nadda’s remarks. There sibility to run the Parliament. The
is no point of apologizing. We will budget session is ongoing, there’s a
give a strong reply to this in the Par- need to pass Finance Bill.”
liament. Rahul Gandhi will himself “When there are such important
reply on this, that’s why they (BJP) matters, you are not allowing Parlia-
are scared,” he asked. ment to function over a non-issue,”
Kharge alleged that Prime Min- added Tharoor.
ister Narendra Modi had “insulted” Earlier, Congress leader Rahul
the country on multiple occasions. Gandhi, who appeared in Parliament
“PM Modi said people and business- for the first time on Thursday amid
man say that what sin I committed the ongoing row over his remarks on
to have born in India’. Those who Indian democracy in the UK, alleged
insulted the people of the country that the Centre is “scared” of the
is calling us anti-national? First, he Adani issue which is why it has “pre-
should apologize,” Kharge said. pared the entire ‘tamasha’ (drama)”.
Rahul Gandhi refused to re- The Congress leader said that he
spond to Nadda’s jibe against him. conveyed his message to Lok Sabha
Information and Broadcasting Speaker Om Birla about speaking
Minister Anurag Thakur hit out at in the House, and added that he felt
Rahul Gandhi over his “unfortunate- that he would not be allowed to speak
ly I am MP” remark at a press confer- in the Parliament. Gandhi turned up
ence which he subsequently correct- in the Parliament on Thursday for the
ed after being checked by Congress BJP National President JP Nadda speaks on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on first time after returning to India from
leader Jairam Ramesh. democracy in India (ANI) his UK visit. The Ministers in the
The clip of the press confer- government have been demanding
ence where Rahul Gandhi is being ter four ministers made allegations save our democracy. He hasn’t said an apology from the Congress leader
corrected by Jairam Ramesh went against him over his remarks in the anything he should apologize for. It’s for his alleged “anti-India” remarks.
viral. “Sometimes, the truth comes United Kingdom. nonsense,” Tharoor said. “Democra- Addressing the media after Par-
out naturally, and as Rahul rightly “So, if Indian democracy was cy, in our country, is in danger and ev- liament adjournment here, Gandhi
said, unfortunately, he is a member functioning, I would be able to say eryone should know about it. I didn’t said that it is his right to speak in the
of the Parliament, because of the my piece in Parliament. So, actually hear anything wrong in it”, added Parliament where allegations have
way he uses foreign soil to defame what you are seeing, is a test of Indian Congress MP Tharoor. been levelled against him.
and spread lies about the same pres- democracy. After four leaders of the In his lecture at Cambridge Uni- “I told Speaker today that I want
tigious institution, the Parliament of BJP have made an allegation about a versity Rahul Gandhi had said that to speak in the Parliament. Four Min-
India, of which unfortunately he is a Member of Parliament, is that Mem- everybody knows and it’s been in the isters of the government have leveled
member,” said Thakur. ber of Parliament going to be given news a lot “that Indian democracy is allegations against me in the House.
“”Today ‘RAHUL’ stands for It is my right to speak. There is no
‘Regretful Awful Hateful Ungrateful the same space that those four Min- under pressure and under attack”. clarity, but I don’t think that he will
isters have been given or is he going
The first week of the second part
Liar,’” he added. to be told to shut up? That’s what the of budget session of Parliament has let me speak. I am hopeful that he
The Union Minister said that will let me speak tomorrow. He ad-
Rahul should come and issue an un- real question in front of this country been marred by disruptions with the journed the House within one minute
is right now,” Rahul Gandhi said.
two Houses not able to conduct any
conditional apology. of my arrival. I want to put forth my
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor major business. The budget session of
defended Rahul Gandhi and there parliament will conclude on April 6. stand,” he said.
Referring to the expunged
“But he is still putting condi- is nothing he should apologize for. Further talking about the Par- speech in Lok Sabha in the first half
tions to that. Is he above the “Rahul Gandhi never demanded for- liamentary Budget session, Tharoor of the ongoing Budget Session, the
eign forces come to our country to
said, “It is the Government’s respon-
rule of the land? Is he above Wayanad MP claimed that he had
stated everything in his speech which
the rules and procedures of the was already in the public domain.
“The idea is that in the speech
House? Does the Gandhi family that I delivered in the Parliament
still feel that they are above the House a few days ago on Adani and
country and the Parliament?” his relationship with PM Modi, I
asked questions. The entire speech
Thakur asked. was expunged. There was nothing
in that speech that I had not carved
“He (Rahul Gandhi) has to un- from the public record, from the
derstand that the Parliament is run newspapers, statements of various
as per the rules and procedure of the people. But it was expunged,” he said
House and as per the direction given further suggesting that the entire is-
by the honorable Speaker. But that sue of demanding an apology from
can only happen if he comes to the him was a “distraction”.
House and reads the rules and proce- Distraction or not, the current
dures. I believe he will understand that session of the parliament is full of
and come and apologize to the House shouting, noisy allegations and dis-
and the Parliament,” Thakur added. BJP leaders Smriti Z Irani, Anurag Singh Thakur, Arjun Munda and other MPs at the proceed- ruptions. Both the government and
Rahul said on Thursday hoped ings of Lok Sabha on Friday (ANI) opposition seem to be little interest-
to speak in Parliament in detail af- ed in debates and discussion.

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