Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi submitted a notice to Speaker Om Birla seeking to move a privilege motion against the prime minister.
BJP MP Anurag Thakur’s controversial remark about Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi’s caste has triggered a political slugfest, with the Congress party claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi encouraged a “serious breach of parliamentary privilege” by sharing it on X.
Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday submitted a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to move a privilege motion against Prime Minister Modi for allegedly amplifying Thakur’s “objectionable” remarks that were expunged from the proceedings of the House.
Channi, a Dalit MP of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, said it was “shocking to note that the expunged portions had been tweeted by the Prime Minister on ‘X’ along with the whole speech video.”
“I hereby give notice to move a privilege motion under Rule 222 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha against the Prime Minister for having tweeted on ‘X’ a portion of remarks which were expunged from the proceedings of the House by the Chair,” the former Punjab chief minister said in his communication to Birla.
