On February 11, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said a notice for privilege motion will be brought against Rahul Gandhi for misleading the House and making “baseless statements”.
During the debate on the Union Budget, Gandhi alleged that the government has “sold Bharat Mata” through the India-US interim trade deal, and that it was a “wholesale surrender” with India’s energy security being handed over to America and farmers’ interests compromised. He said that if an INDIA bloc government would have negotiated the trade agreement with the US, it would have told US President Donald Trump they should treat India as an equal.
“You have sold India. Are you not ashamed of selling India? You have sold our mother, Bharat Mata,” Gandhi said, while referring to the recent trade agreement between the two countries.
Rijiju alleged that Gandhi made “baseless and false” allegations against the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of selling India and its interest in the trade deal with the US. He added the Leader of Opposition also made a serious allegation against Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, taking his name without giving any prior notice.
“It is a serious breach of privilege. We are going to file a privilege notice against Rahul Gandhi for misleading the House and making baseless statements,” he added.
The Lok Sabha has been witnessing disruptions since February 2, after Rahul Gandhi was disallowed by the chair from quoting from an article based on excerpts of former Army chief Naravane’s unpublished memoir, which has references to the India-China conflict of 2020.
