RS Chairman refers notice against Mallikarjun Kharge over his PM remarks to Committee of Privileges
The notice had accused the senior Congress leader, against whom the BJP had also filed a complaint with the Election Commission over his remarks during campaigning for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
Mallikarjun Kharge warned Congress workers against personality cult. (File Photo) Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan has referred a notice against Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge over remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Rajya Sabha’s Committee of Privileges.
According to BJP sources, the notice under Rule 188 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States, was jointly submitted by six BJP MPs led by former Uttar Pradesh DGP Brij Lal, Mithlesh Kumar, Sumitra Balmik, Shivesh Kumar, Dr Sikander Kumar and Nagendra Ray, against the Congress president towards the end of the Budget Session in April.
The notice had accused the senior Congress leader, against whom the BJP had also filed a complaint with the Election Commission over his remarks during campaigning for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, for alleged “continual and deliberate” use of “grossly derogatory, disparaging and highly disrespectful remarks against the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India” which they said lowered “the dignity of the Parliament and its Members”.
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