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Lok Sabha Speaker Bans Protests at Parliament Gates After MPs’ Scuffle – News18
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Unprecedented scenes had been witnessed as protests and counterprotests by BJP and Opposition leaders inside Parliament over Ambedkar row led to accidents to 2 BJP MPs.
The Congress and different opposition events have seized on part of Shah’s reference to Ambedkar in his Rajya Sabha speech on Tuesday to focus on the BJP and demand his resignation. (Picture: PTI)
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued strict directions that no member/members, group of members or political events and Members shall maintain demonstrations at any of the constructing gates of Parliament Home, sources.
This got here after two BJP MPs obtained injured throughout a face-off between NDA and INDIA bloc members throughout their protests at Makar Dwar of Parliament Home.
The nation witnessed unprecedented scenes as rival MPs screamed and shoved within the forecourt of Parliament on Thursday. A BJP’s girl Rajya Sabha MP accused Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi “misbehaving” together with her.
An FIR has been registered towards Rahul Gandhi primarily based on the grievance by BJP leaders for “try to homicide, bodily assault and incitement”.
The sordid incident maybe with out parallel began within the morning as BJP and opposition MPs marched in the direction of one another over Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah’s feedback on Ambedkar. As the 2 teams got here nearer, tempers and voices rose, quickly leading to a melee.
Harm Vs Harm Declare
Quickly after BJP claimed that two of its MLAs had been injured significantly within the scuffle, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned he too was pushed so violently that he misplaced his steadiness and sat down. “Now they’re those who’re accusing us of shoving them,” Kharge mentioned.
Nevertheless, the extra obvious accidents had been sustained by BJP’s Balasore MP Pratap Sarangi, 69, who needed to get stitches within the temple. His colleague Mukesh Rajput was additionally injured within the head. Nevertheless, Congress vehemently denied the costs.
Social gathering basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mentioned Rahul Gandhi and the others had been protesting peacefully, however had been prevented from getting into Parliament by BJP MPs carrying “sticks”. The BJP MPs had been seen carrying placards pinned to sticks.
“BJP MPs stopped, threatened and intimidated me,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned.
The Congress additionally filed a grievance towards the BJP within the Parliament Home police station.
Either side additionally complained to the respective Chairs within the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha towards one another.
BJP Lady MP Accused Rahul Gandhi Of Making Her ‘Uncomfortable’
Talking in Rajya Sabha, BJP MP from Nagaland S Phangnon Konyak alleged that Gandhi got here in her “shut proximity” and shouted at her through the protest exterior the Parliament’s Makar Dwar which made her really feel “extraordinarily uncomfortable”.
In a letter to the Rajya Sabha chairman, she claimed that Rahul Gandhi together with different get together MPs got here in entrance of her regardless of there being a passage created for them by safety personnel.
“He misbehaved with me in a loud voice and his bodily proximity to me was so shut that I being a woman member felt extraordinarily uncomfortable… I belong to the ST group and I’m a woman member. My dignity and vanity have been deeply damage by LoP Shri Rahul Gandhi ji. Due to this fact, Hon’ble Chairman sir, I search your safety,” she wrote.
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