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'Rahul Gandhi climbed Makar Dwar, pushed MPs': BJP says 'saw ugly face’ of Congress during Parliament scuffle

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday claimed that he saw Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi "climbing up the Makar Dwar" at the Parliament during Thursday's scuffle, where two BJP MPs were grievously injured. Earlier in the day, Dubey moved a breach of privilege notice against Gandhi to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing the …

New Delhi When government and Opposition lawmakers started gathering in the Parliament complex on Thursday morning, tensions were simmering. At 10am, a group of NDA MPs with placards assembled near the Makar Dwar, the entrance to Parliament reserved for lawmakers to begin their protest over the Congress’s alleged disrespect towards Ambedkar. BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP, B Phagnon Konyak, then went …

Parallel marches, confrontation leading to injuries followed by FIRs: Tuesday unfolded as a day of high drama outside Parliament, with BJP leaders and the opposition locking horns over the alleged insult to Ambedkar. Several MPs of the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance were protesting at the steps of Parliament's 'Makar Dwar' against the Congress' alleged insult of Ambedkar, while MPs …

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that BJP MPs were pushing him and stopping him and other opposition MPs from entering Parliament. Sarangi was taken to hospital after getting injured in the melee when the protesting INDIA bloc and the BJP MPs came face to face in front of Makar Dwar in …

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NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, claiming he was physically pushed by BJP 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," Kharge said. Trouble began …