The Congress chief whip in the Rajya Sabha accused the Union home minister of casting aspersions on Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party Sonia Gandhi during his speech.
In a formal letter, Chaudhury, who also serves as the secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] state committee, cited Rule 173 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Assembly to justify his motion.
The BJP MPs belonging to the tribal community on Monday moved a motion of breach of privilege against Rajya Sabha MP and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, and Purnea Lok Sabha MP Pappu Yadav for using "derogatory and slanderous" words against President Droupadi Murmu.
The remarks made in the Lok Sabha on July 30 were subsequently expunged from official records but not before they sparked a political row.
“The privilege motion has been passed with a voice vote in West Bengal Assembly and sent to the privilege committee where it will see strong opposition by BJP members. TMC is scared of CBI and ED because they are involved in almost all the scams,” Adhikari said.
The BJP MP from northeast Delhi parliamentary constituency has claimed he was manhandled during the inauguration of the Signature Bridge in Wazirabad area here on November 4 by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA.
TDP MP YS Chowdary had on Tuesday accused the Modi government of “centrally-sponsored lynching” of Andhra Pradesh.
Targeting Congress President Rahul Gandhi for levelling "baseless allegations" against the government on the Rafale deal in his speech during the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on Friday, the BJP has moved a privilege motion against him.
Congress MPs Ambika Soni, Pratap Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo said they would move a motion against Swaraj in the Upper House
The Congress on Thursday said that it will bring a Privilege Motion against External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj for…
