Opposition wants House to function, affirms Rahul Gandhi
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday, categorically stated that the aim of the Opposition is that the House should function and discussions take place.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday, categorically stated that the aim of the Opposition is that the House should function and discussions take place.
The protest comes amid a heated standoff between the Opposition and the government over the alleged indictment of Gautam Adani in a bribery case by US authorities.
The scathing remarks from the Congress leader came after the BJP claimed that Sonia Gandhi has links to Hungarian-American businessman George Soros.
However, INDIA bloc allies Samajwadi Party (SP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Aam Aadmi party (AAP) were missing in the protest.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over billionaire businessman Gautam Adani, urging him to come to Parliament and not be afraid of an investigation into the Adani affair.
The ''real question'' was whose Rs 20,000 crore were invested in Adani's companies, the Congress leader insisted when he was approached by waiting reporters at the AICC office.
Congress has called a meeting of its Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs at Congress Parliamentary Party office in Parliament at 10:30 am to chalk out the strategy for the Floor of the House.
Rahul Gandhi said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Central government was scared of his questions on Adani.
Both the houses of Parliament were adjourned till 2 p.m. minutes after the proceeding began on Thursday.
The Parliament has been dysfunctional since the commencement of second part of the budget session with the opposition pressing for a Joint Parliamentary Probe into the Adani issue and the treasury benches demanding an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his statement in London.
