Rijiju Shares Video Of Feb 4 Parliament Showdown, Congress Party Is Proud Of Most Degrading Behaviour By Their MPs

New Delhi : Union Minister Kiren Rijiju shared a video of visuals from inside the Lok Sabha on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to deliver his speech. However, the session had to be abruptly adjourned just minutes before the speech and Speaker Om Birla later said that he had advised Pm to skip the session as Opposition MPs were planning an attack on PM. Now, the video shared by Rijiju shows women MPs moving towards PM’s chair amid chaos.

“Congress Party is proud of the most degrading behaviour by their MPs !! If we had not stopped all BJP MPs and allowed the women MPs to confront Cong. MPs, it would have led to very ugly scene. We have very high consideration, to protect the dignity & sanctity of the Parliament,” he wrote on X. Parliament’s budget session was disrupted for a second consecutive week Monday over the opposition’s renewed allegations of the Speaker favouring the treasury benches.

Birla has been under pressure since denying Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition, permission to read out excerpts from a book published by ex-Army chief General MM Naravane about the border stand-off with China in Ladakh in 2020. An opposition incensed by that denial and by the House then allowing a BJP MP, Nishikant Dubey, to read from books targeting the Congress’ storied Gandhi family, led to a massive showdown that included Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelling his Lok Sabha speech.

Birla later said he had advised the Prime Minister to cancel his appearance based on “information the Congress MPs might try something”; this was after opposition MPs, all women, surrounded the PM’s seat (he was not in the House at the time) with placards and banners. In their letter the BJP MPs praised Birla’s role, claiming he “displayed patience and perseverance to uphold the dignity of (the) Lok Sabha” in the face of “unfortunate and regrettable” events.

The MPs also alleged some opposition members entered the Well of the House and “climbed on to the Speaker’s table, tearing papers and throwing them at the Speaker”. “… we urge you to take the strictest possible action, under the rules, against those opposition MPs who have committed such heinous acts within the House premises and brought disrepute to our democratic institutions,” the MPs said, underlining that Birla had strived to “enhance the prestige and effectiveness of the House and given equal opportunities to all members”.

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