Accusing Rahul Gandhi of “pushing and shoving” its Members of Parliament at the Parliament premises, Bharatiya Janata Party said he does not deserve to be the Leader of Opposition after an “indecent and shameful” conduct.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters hours after fracas unfolded during protests by the ruling, and Opposition parties, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan put the blame on Rahul for bedlam which left two MPs injured. “Rahul Gandhi does not deserve to hold the post of the Leader of Opposition,” he said.
Chouhan said that the party was also pained at the treatment meted out to its tribal MP from Nagaland, S Phangnon Konya, who alleged in the Rajya Sabha that Rahul shouted at her after coming in “close proximity” that made her feel uncomfortable during a demonstration outside the Parliament’s Makar Dwar.
“Will physical strength be used in Parliament? Will musclemen and goondas come to Parliament? In which direction is the Congress taking the country’s democracy?” said the BJP leader, who was flanked by Union Minister Piyush Goyal and party MPs Anurag Thakur and Anil Baluni.
The Agriculture Minister said people elect their leaders to Parliament hoping they will put forth issues “with facts and logic. But the Congress is changing it.”
