Decision to expunge Rahul remarks gross injustice, Govt denigrating Parliament: Congress

Terming it as “gross injustice”, Chowdhury accused the government of trying to “destroy” Parliament, which, he said, was the “last institution standing”.

He said the Opposition’s voice was being throttled in Parliament. “When BJP MPs speak in Parliament, Sansad TV shows and displays their faces… but when we speak, Sansad TV’s cameras are focused on the Chair 40 per cent of the time,” he said.

“I raised the issue in the House today… what is happening… all this is gross injustice to us… the government is denigrating Parliament, its prestige and majesty,” he said.

In February too, the government and the Congress had a major showdown after several remarks made by Rahul, linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to industrialist Gautam Adani, were expunged. In all, 18 remarks made during Rahul’s 53-minute speech were removed from the records then.