Congress has given a notice of breach of privilege against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi has shared Anurag Thakur's alleged controversial speech on social media. After which the party has given this notice of breach of privilege against PM Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared the video of Anurag Thakur's speech in Lok Sabha and wrote, This speech has been given by my young and energetic colleague Anurag Thakur, it must be heard. It has facts, humor and exposes the dirty politics of India's alliance.
After PM Modi shared this video on social media, Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi has given a notice of breach of privilege against PM Modi.
The video shows the controversial speech given by BJP MP Anurag Thakur in the Lok Sabha. Senior MP Charanjit Singh Channi, who is also the former Chief Minister of Punjab, has raised the issue by writing a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Channi said in his letter that the Prime Minister has also shared those comments of Anurag Thakur's speech in the video he posted which have been removed from the proceedings of the House. Channi said that it is shocking to see that the Prime Minister tweeted the deleted portions on 'X' along with the entire speech.
Let us tell you that the controversy started in the House on Tuesday when Thakur and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi had a debate on the absence of OBCs and Dalits among those preparing the budget. Thakur had mentioned Rahul's caste during the conversation.
In his letter, Channi cited parliamentary rules to argue that inclusion of the deleted words in a social media post amounted to a breach of privilege and contempt of the House.
He demanded that privilege proceedings be initiated against Modi. Channi wrote that this is clearly a breach of privilege and contempt of the House. There was a lot of uproar in the Lok Sabha over the way Anurag Thakur made a statement on Rahul Gandhi.