Lok Sabha Privilege Committee To Hear BJP's Demand For Action Against Rahul Gandhi
ABP NewsThe Lok Sabha Privilege Committee will hear on Friday the Bharatiya Janata Party's demand seeking a privilege motion against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for making a "misleading, derogatory, unparliamentary and incriminatory" statement during a discussion on the motion of thanks on the President's Address, reported news agency ANI. A communication sent to the Godda MP accessed by ANI reads, "Committee of Privileges has decided to hear you in the matter of Notices of Question of breach of privilege dated February 7, 2023, given by Nishikant Dubey, MP and Pralhad Joshi, MP and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs against Rahul Gandhi, MP for making a misleading, derogatory, unparliamentary and incriminatory statement during a discussion on the motion of thanks on President's Address in the House on 7 February 2023 and a further request for expunction of the impugned statements." On February 8, BJP MP Dubey wrote to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha requesting permission to move a breach of privilege motion notice against Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi, despite making a statement in the House that he would provide documentary evidence has not submitted any duly authenticated document for supporting his statements," reads Dubey's letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker.