New Delhi: Congress MP KC Venugopal moved a privilege motion in Rajya Sabha against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Congress General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Venugopal today filed a privilege motion in the Rajya Sabha accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of insulting Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi when he spoke in the last parliamentary session. In this regard, he wrote to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar last Feb. He has quoted the Prime Minister’s speech in Parliament on the 9th.
What the Prime Minister said: During the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s speech, PM Modi said, “During the Congress rule, the rights of the state governments were taken away. Various state governments were dissolved by using Article 356. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi used Article 356 50 times.
I have a question for DMK friends present in the House. Who dissolved the regime of late former Chief Minister Karunanidhi? No one can deny that the then Congress government. You are allied with them. The Congress government also dissolved the MGR regime. State governments were dissolved 90 times when the Congress was in power at the Centre,” he had criticized.
The prime minister had also responded to the Congress party’s charge that the central government was not mentioning Nehru’s contribution. “I read in some newspapers. Although I haven’t verified it yet, according to the report, more than 600 government schemes are in Gandhi-Nehru family names.
Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India. If we left out Nehru’s name we will correct it. But I don’t understand why his heirs are reluctant to keep his family name. Does putting Nehru’s name behind the name bring any shame? What kind of shame is that? When his family is not ready to accept the name of such a great personality, why are you questioning only us,” Narendra Modi had said.
Pointing this out, the Congress party has filed a privilege motion against the Prime Minister in the Rajya Sabha. This is seen as a move by the Congress against the BJP’s stand on Rahul Gandhi’s London speech issue. It is noteworthy that for the past 5 days, the BJP has been insisting in Parliament that Rahul Gandhi should apologize in Parliament for his London speech.