New Delhi:Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday that the government has, for now, put on hold its proposed motion againstLeader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. He said the decision followed the submission of a “substantive motion” by Nishikant Dubey, which calls for the immediate cancellation of Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership. Addressing the continuing standoff between the treasury benches and the opposition, Kiren Rijiju said the government had earlier planned to move a motion against Rahul Gandhi. He alleged that Gandhi had referred to a book that had not been published and used objectionable language against the Prime Minister, which prompted the government to consider issuing a notice on multiple grounds.
Further explaining why the government has allowed a private member’s motion to take the lead in seeking action against the Congress leader, Kiren Rijiju said that a substantive motion moved by Nishikant Dubey prompted the government to temporarily set aside its own proposal.
He added that once the motion is admitted, a decision will be taken in consultation with the Speaker on whether to refer the matter to the Privileges Committee, the Ethics Committee, or bring it directly before the House for discussion. Rijiju said no final call has been made yet.
Speaking on the reasons behind the government’s earlier objections, Kiren Rijiju said the ministry had been prepared to take action over Rahul Gandhi’s recent conduct in the House.
The demand for Gandhi’s expulsion stems from a strongly worded letter sent by Nishikant Dubey to Speaker Om Birla, in which he accused the Congress leader of being part of a “thuggery gang” allegedly working to destabilise the country from within.
Nishikant Dubey further alleged that Rahul Gandhi is associated with the Ford Foundation and has links to billionaire George Soros, claiming these entities financed what he described as Gandhi’s “lavish foreign travels” to countries such as Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
The MP also questioned whether the Leader of the Opposition was “planning India’s partition” in a bid to gain power. The motion further alleges that Gandhi used the floor of the House to “foment public sentiment” against institutions such as the Supreme Court, the Election Commission and the Speaker’s office.
The latest controversy was triggered by Gandhi’s reference to Four Stars of Destiny, the yet-to-be-published memoir of former Army chief MM Naravane. Despite a ruling from the Speaker barring the citation of unpublished material, he displayed a copy of the book on the floor of Parliament.
In a post on X, Nishikant Dubey shared documents he described as “accusations” against Rahul Gandhi, referring to him as the “ringleader of the tukde-tukde gang."
"My accusations against Soros, the Ford Foundation, and the ringleader of the "tukde-tukde gang" Rahul Gandhi Ji are these, for which I have sought permission from the Lok Sabha Speaker to debate. Is the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha planning India's partition for the sake of gaining power?" Dubey wrote on 'X'.
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