Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed sparring between BJP and Congress over Congress Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury terming Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman as "Nirbala" a day ago.
Many BJP MPs including Minister's demanded apology from Chowdhury. But Poonam Mahajan created stir by terming Congress MPs as "Nirbals" who were only concerned about serving Sonia Gandhi's family affairs rather than serving the Country's affairs.
Rejecting BJP's demand for apology, Chowdhury went on citing weak economic situation and mismanagement in controlling prices of essential commodities.
Participating in the discussion on Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, Chowdhury had on Monday said that the Finance Minister has become weak and called her 'Nirbala Sitharaman'. As BJP members protested against his comment, Speaker Om Birla had ruled that any unparliamentary remark would be removed from records.
When Zero Hour started on Tuesday, including Parliamentary Affairs Minister Arjun Meghwal demanded apology from Chowdhury for his "continuous use of derogatory" words including terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah as "ghuspetiyas" (infiltrators) from Gujarat to Delhi.
After the chaos, when Chowdhury rose to speak on onion prices, Mahajan referred to a rule to slam the Congress leader for his remarks. "Dada, You are nirbal (weak) as you stand for one family. You are weak as you call the Prime Minister an infiltrator," she said amid noisy protests by BJP members including women MPs of the party.
Amidst slogan shouting, Chowdhury said this Government is anti-poor and anti-farmer as it is hardly doing anything when the prices of onion have crossed Rs 100 per kg. The Government is unable to check prices of essential commodities, he said, and lead the walk out of Congress MP.