You turned us into terrorists, says TMC MP as opposition slams Birla | India News
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party, Congress, TMC, Shiv Sena, JMM, IUML tear into Speaker Om BirlaAs they accused him of bias.SP’s Anand Bhadauria said the ruling BJP has eroded the dignity of the chair, and the removal notice against the Speaker is to save that high post.
Congress MP Jothimani and TMC’s Saini Ghosh slammed the Speaker for “serious allegations” of threats from women MPs by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While Ghosh said “you have turned us into terrorists”, Jothimony said the speaker’s allegations were against first-generation politicians from humble backgrounds and were “a serious attack on every woman who has earned a rightful place in public life”. “Don’t turn this house into a party office,” Saini said.SP’s Bhadauria quipped that the Prime Minister had decided to visit Israel when war was imminent, but was afraid to come to Los because of women MPs. The SP MP asked who advised Modi to visit Israel at such a critical time and risk his life? Interestingly, he “saluted” Ayatollah Khamenei for not bowing to the US and accepting martyrdom, unlike the BJP.Slamming rejection of opportunities Rahul GandhiHe said that Rahul is not just the LOP, but “the collective voice of the fringes and the Bharat Bloc”.Charanjit Channi condemned Birla, the jailed Punjab MP Amritpal Singh, for not even calling the LS once in two years. He said that Draupadi’s “immortalisation” was an attack on all norms of dignity, an attack on human dignity to silence dissenting voices.JMM’s Vijay Kumar Hansdak said the most uttered word in the House under Birla was “no” for the opposition. IUML MP ET Mohammad Basheer said the opposition was in a “very difficult situation”.
