Countering the BJP’s narrative that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had insulted the country on foreign soil, the Congress get together at a gathering chaired by Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday listed out six cases when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken “against” the nation whereas on his journeys overseas as Prime Minister.

Mr. Dhankhar had known as a gathering of the ground leaders to deliberate on some extent of order raised by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday, citing 1967 and 1983 rulings by the earlier Chairpersons prohibiting members from making “allegations and charges against members of other House”. Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil on Tuesday moved a breach of privilege discover towards the Leader of the House within the Rajya Sabha, Piyush Goyal, who, with out naming Mr. Gandhi, had mentioned {that a} “Lok Sabha MP” had denigrated the Indian Parliament and different Constitutional establishments, and sought an apology from him. Mr. Goyal has repeatedly reiterated his assertion over the course of two days. “It is pertinent to note that Piyush Goyal repeatedly spoke about hon’ble Member of Lok Sabha and kept on stating facts which were not true. Mr. Goyal criticised a Member of Lok Sabha without truth and was intentionally going on with derogatory remarks,” Mr. Gohil said in his discover.

Mr. Dhankhar had reserved his ruling in each instances and had invited ground leaders of all events at 2.30 p.m. to debate them. While talking within the House, Mr. Dhankhar mentioned, “This is a critical issue because it will define what we can debate and what we can’t debate.” The Chairperson has additionally requested for additional clarification from the Mr. Gohil and requested him to cite Mr. Goyal’s actual remarks that represent breach of privilege.

During the assembly, sources mentioned, Congress’s deputy chief within the Rajya Sabha, Pramod Tiwari, cited seven cases when Mr. Modi throughout his Prime Ministerial visits to different international locations had spoken “ill” in regards to the nation. He reportedly cited the Prime Minister’s feedback made throughout his journey to China and Seoul in 2015, the place Mr. Modi had reportedly mentioned that “earlier people were ashamed of being born an Indian but now they felt proud to represent the country”. Mr. Tiwari additionally cited the Prime Minister’s remarks made in Canada, France, Japan and Berlin, the place he had spoken in regards to the all-pervasive corruption within the nation and the dearth of cleanliness.

Sources mentioned that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) steered away from the argument over whether or not the actions of a member from the Lok Sabha might be debated within the Upper House or not. Instead, they mentioned that different necessary points akin to inflation and unemployment, imperilling the federal construction, the danger to which investments by the State Bank of India (SBI) and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) within the Adani Group had been put, the Indo-China stand-off, and so forth, wanted to be deliberated within the Rajya Sabha.