NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for initiating breach of privilege proceedings against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for spreading "gibberish canards" through his speech in the House. This comes a day after a privilege notice was filed by BJP MPs against senior Congress neta Sonia Gandhi for her remarks on President Droupadi Murmu. With Rahul's speech on Monday, during the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President's address, drawing strong protests from BJP, Dubey submitted his notice to the speaker, stating the Congress MP was using his parliamentary privilege to spread canards without authenticating his charges.
Dubey said the Congress MP's speech carried mainly claims, including that mobile phones were not made in India but only assembled here, and China has captured Indian territory. Rahul had also alleged that India had sent external affairs minister S Jaishankar to the US to get an invite for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for US President Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony. Dubey also touched on the issue of the Congress MP's allegations related to his demand for caste census.
"While raising these issues, Rahul Gandhi has not only shamelessly distorted the historical and substantive facts but also made an attempt to ridicule our country and lower the prestige of our Republic," he said, adding Birla had asked Rahul to authenticate his claims while noting that the Congress MP had not done it yet. "This 'erudit.