New Delhi: All eyes will be on the Lok Sabha as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address on Wednesday.
This will come a day after Congress MP Rahul Gandhi led the attack on the government. Gandhi made allegations over the association of PM Modi with industrialist Gautam Adani.
Meanwhile, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker to move a breach of privilege motion notice against Rahul Gandhi.
In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Dubey said, “These statements are misleading, derogatory, indecent, unparliamentary, undignified and incriminatory in nature to the dignity of the House and Prime Minister being a Member of Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi, despite making a statement in the House that he would provide documentary evidence has not submitted any duly authenticated document for supporting his statements.”
Gandhi on Tuesday launched a strong attack on the government in the wake of the Hiendenberg-Adani row linking the rise of the Adani group to that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleging that “rules were changed” in some sectors to favour the businessman.
Rahul Gandhi, who was the first opposition leader to speak during the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address in the Lok Sabha, said the relationship with Gautam Adani began many years ago when Narendra Modi was Gujarat Chief Minister and added that “real magic” started after 2014 and the businessman rose from 609th to second spot globally in the rich list.
“Relationships begin many years ago when Narendra Modi was Gujarat’s Chief Minister…one man stood shoulder to shoulder with PM Modi, he was loyal to the PM and helped Mr Modi construct the idea of a ‘Resurgent Gujarat’. The real magic began when PM Modi reached the national capital in 2014,” Rahul Gandhi said addressing the Lok Sabha.
The BJP rejected Rahul Gandhi’s allegations both inside and outside the House. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said the allegations against the government were baseless and the whole ecosystem of Congress was based on twin pillars “of deal and commission”.