New Delhi, 12/8:
During the Monsoon Session, the round of allegations and counter-allegations is going on in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Opposition MPs are alleging that they were attacked by security personnel. But in the video that emerged from the proceedings of the House, it is clearly visible that the opposition MPs themselves are clashing with the security personnel.
It is clearly visible in this video that the marshals are making a human protective shield in the house. He was stopping the opposition MPs from reaching the chairman of the Rajya Sabha. After this incident, the monsoon session has been prematurely ended on Wednesday itself.
The government kept its stand, vehemently rejected the allegations of the opposition
Apart from this, on the last day of the monsoon session, the government took a stand on many issues, including the alleged scuffle with women MPs in the Rajya Sabha. On Thursday, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Arjun Meghwal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupendra Yadav, V Muraleedharan, Anurag Thakur, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Prahlad Joshi held a press conference. During this, everyone rejected the allegations of the opposition outright and called them false.
Kharge along with other opposition leaders meets Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
On Thursday, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge along with other opposition leaders met Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and submitted a memorandum against the incident. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi and leaders of several other opposition parties termed the alleged scuffle with some women MPs in Rajya Sabha as “murder of democracy” and protested against the government over the issue, Pegasus espionage case and central agricultural laws.