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NEW DELHI: BJP MPs on Thursday confronted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi when he approached Pratap Chandra Sarangi , who was seated after receiving a head injury during a scuffle with INDIA bloc MPs outside Parliament. Video showed BJP MPs reacting angrily when Rahul approached Sarangi shortly after the incident to enquire about his condition. "Aapko sharm nahi aati hai Rahul? gundagardi karte ho.
.. Budhe ko gira diya dhakka dekar (Aren't you ashamed, Rahul? You commit hooliganism.
..pushed the old man down)" BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said to Rahul.
Rahul replied stating he had not pushed anyone and claimed the opposite had occurred before walking away. "It might be recorded in the cameras. BJP MPs were stopping us from entering Parliament.
They blocked and threatened us. This is our right to protest," Rahul said. Ruckus erupted outside Parliament after BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pushed an MP, resulting in him getting injured.
Rahul Gandhi responded to the allegations and claimed that BJP MPs were the ones who obstructed and pushed him whilst he was entering the Parliament premises. The incident took place when the protesting INDIA bloc and the BJP MPs came face to face in front of Makar Dwar in Parliament. Meanwhile, Kharge also wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker urging him to "order an inquiry in the incident".
The Congress chief claimed that he was "physically pushed by BJP MPs". He went to add that after this he lost his balance and was "forced to sit down." "I was physically pushed by BJP MPs.
Thereafter, I lost my balance and was forced to sit down on the ground in front of Makar Dwar. This inflicted injury on my knees which have already undergone surgery. Subsequently, Congress MPs brought a chair and I was made to sit on it," Kharge wrote in his letter.
The opposition intensified its protest demanding the resignation of Union home minister Amit Shah with protests in the Parliament complex, with posters that read, 'Main Bhi Ambedkar', 'Jai Bhim' and 'Amit Shah maafi maango'. Rahul was leading the charge dressed in Blue, a colour associated with BR Ambedkar and staged a walk to the Makar Dar of Parliament. Amidst the constant sloganeering demanding the resignation of the Union home minister with some INDIA bloc MP climbing the wall at the Makar Dwar.
Meanwhile the BJP, called the Congress "hypocrites, who murdered democracy" in the country. The party further added that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who "gave cognisance to Ambedkar’s last-mile delivery policy," and accused the grand old party of "misusing" the name of Ambedkar. Party chief JP Nadda slammed the "Congress rotten eco-system" and alleged that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru "hated" Ambedkar, "Yes, it was unfiltered hate," he said in a post on X.
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