Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker after deleting a word from his speech, saying 'This is against democracy'

Rahul Gandhi Speech: On the sixth day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha in Parliament, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi attacked Narendra Modi and the Central Government. Then today, some words were removed from Rahul Gandhi's speech from the proceedings of the Lok Sabha. Regarding this, the opposition leader wrote a letter to Speaker Om Birla.

Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to the speaker

Against the removal of some words of the speech from the proceedings of the Lok Sabha, the Congress leader wrote a letter to Speaker Om Birla saying that 'Removing my views from the proceedings is against the basic principles of parliamentary democracy. In such a situation, the removed parts of my speech should be restored.' Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said, 'BJP MP and former Union Minister Anurag Thakur's speech was also full of allegations, but only one word was removed from his speech. Discrimination against him is beyond comprehension.'

I presented the truth in the House: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi said that 'I presented the truth in the House. Every MP has the right to raise issues of concern to the people in Parliament. Keeping this in mind, I gave my speech.' Rahul Gandhi also said this morning that 'truth can be erased in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's world, but not in reality.' On the other hand, BJP has also retaliated on Rahul Gandhi writing the letter.

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What did BJP say?

On Rahul Gandhi's letter, Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar said that 'Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has the right to remove some part of Rahul Gandhi's speech.' It is worth noting that some parts of Rahul Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha have been removed during the debate on the President's address on Monday (July 1, 2024). The excerpts include his comments on Hinduism and some other religions.

What did Rahul Gandhi say during the debate?

During the debate in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of spreading violence, hatred and fear in the country. He further claimed that these people are not Hindus because they talk about violence 24 hours a day. They have nothing else to do. BJP people intimidate, attack and spread hatred against minorities, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians, but the minorities have stood firmly like a rock with this country and have represented India in various fields.