After Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned due to protests: Piyush Goyal slams Rahul Gandhi for London speech

Mirroring scenes of chaos in the Lok Sabha, members of the Rajya Sabha clashed on 13 March 2023 as the ruling BJP objected to Rahul Gandhi's recent speech in London.

The fracas led to adjournment of the house for 3 hours, soon after it convened for the second leg of the 2023 Budget Session.

Leader of the House and Union minister Piyush Goyal demanded that Gandhi come to the House and apologise for his "rubbish" statements made in London. Without taking Gandhi's name, Goyal said that the Indian democracy was in danger during the Emergency and when the Congress leader tore up a copy of a legislation.

His statement was countered by Leader of the Opposition and Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge, who said the demand to call a leader who is not a member of Rajya Sabha to the House is condemnable. Kharge said, "He (Rahul Gandhi) is not a member of this House. I condemn Leader of the House's statement referring to members of the other House, and criticising them, and criticising the Congress party. PM Modi went to China and said that there's no democracy in India."

(With agency inputs)

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