Some senior Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha also wrote to Speaker Birla alleging that Rahul Gandhi was ‘physically manhandled’
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NEW DELHI – Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha on Thursday claiming he was physically pushed by Bharatiya Janata Party MPs in Parliament premises following which he lost his balance.
“I was physically pushed by BJP MPs; lost my balance and was forced to sit down on the ground in front of Makar Dwar. This inflicted (an) injury on my knees, which have undergone surgery,” Kharge said in his letter to Speaker Om Birla.
“Subsequently, Congress MPs brought me a chair and I was made to sit on it. With great difficulty, and with support from my colleagues, I limped to the House at 11 am,” he added.
Kharge asked the LS Speaker to order an inquiry into the BJP MPs “pushing” him, saying it was an assault not just on him but on the Rajya Sabha LoP and the Congress president.
His remarks came after a face-off between the opposition and NDA MPs in Parliament premises over the alleged insult to BR Ambedkar left former minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi injured.
Trouble began when the INDIA bloc members insisted on entering Parliament through the BJP MPs holding a protest instead of using the space on one side of the staircase of the Makar Dwar, used by members to enter and exit the building.
Some senior Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha also wrote to Speaker Birla alleging that Rahul Gandhi was “physically manhandled.” They urged the Speaker to take appropriate action.
On the other hand, the BJP accused Rahul Gandhi of pushing one of its senior members, a charge rejected by the Congress leader. – With inputs from Agencies
