BJP’s Nishikant Dubey seeks privilege proceedings against Rahul Gandhi for ‘lowering prestige of our Republic’

“Rahul Gandhi, in his speech on the floor of the House, has inter alia raised six issues, viz. the mobile phones are not made in India but only assembled in India; forcibly capturing vast land in the Eastern Regions of our Country by China; our Country was not invited by the United States of America during the swearing-in ceremony of H.E. Mr. Donald Trump as the President; recent election to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; appointment of Chief Election Commissioner/Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India; and the caste-based census,” Dubey wrote to Birla.

Dubey further wrote that during Gandhi’s speech, he had “reminded him that whatever he is speaking on the floor of the House has to be authenticated by him”. “However, to the best of my knowledge, this ‘erudite’ person has neither authenticated his gibberish canards nor apologized for using the pious forum of Parliament to defame our Country and the elected Government,” he added.

Dubey wrote that “it appears that Rahul Gandhi has misjudged Article 105 of our Constitution”. “It may be a fact that Shri Rahul Gandhi is still intoxicated by the unbridled privilege of belonging to a ‘privileged gharana’, but the fact remains that Article 105 of the Constitution of India does not give absolute powers…” he added.

Article 105 of the Constitution grants privileges and immunities to Parliament and its members.

In a statement on X, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has described Gandhi’s claim as “falsehood”. He said Gandhi’s “lies” may be politically motivated but “damage the nation abroad”.

Gandhi’s speech also irked several members of the Treasury benches in the House when he said, “We talk about defence and today, we have the Chinese. And the PM has denied it, and the Army has contradicted the PM… That China is sitting on 4,000 km of our land.”