
The Lok Sabha (Lower House) and Rajya Sabha (Upper House) were adjourned after clashes erupted between the Congress party and the BJP over Amit Shah’s comments on Ambedkar.
As the houses were getting convened, there was pushing and shoving at one of the doors with BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi claiming that Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi caused a commotion that ended in Sarangi falling and hurting his head.
Rahul countered that he was stopped from entering Parliament by BJP MPs and that there was pushing and shoving. "Nothing happens to me when I am pushed," he told reporters later.
मैं संसद के अंदर जाने की कोशिश कर रहा था।
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 19, 2024
लेकिन BJP के सांसद मुझे रोकने की कोशिश कर रहे थे, धक्का दे रहे थे और धमका रहे थे।
ये संसद है और अंदर जाना हमारा अधिकार है।
: नेता विपक्ष श्री @RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/wfwAGAeruf
Sarangi and another BJP MP Mukesh Rajput were taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital for a check-up. Later BJP MPs lodged a policed complaint against Rahul Gandhi with the Congress too filing a counter-complaint.
The opposition protested inside the Parliament complex holding pictures of BR Ambedkar, demanding the Home Minister's resignation.
Mallikarjun Kharge, President of the Congress party and the Leader of Opposition in the Upper House made a similar accusation of assault by some BJP MPs. He wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker urging inquiry into the scuffle.
My letter to the Hon’ble @loksabhaspeaker urging to order an inquiry into the incident which is an assault not just on me personally, but on the Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha and the Congress President. pic.twitter.com/gmILQdIDYW
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) December 19, 2024
Rahul Gandhi also chaired a meeting of Congress MPs in Parliament to discuss the ongoing stalemate in both the Houses.
नेता विपक्ष श्री @RahulGandhi की उपस्थिति में कांग्रेस संसदीय दल के लोक सभा सांसदों की महत्वपूर्ण बैठक हुई।
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 19, 2024
📍 पार्लियामेंट हाउस, नई दिल्ली pic.twitter.com/VLWFw9dpg2
Meanwhile, JP Nadda, BJP's leader of the Upper House, put out an X thread alleging Congress’ repeated acts of disrespect towards BR Ambedkar:
Since yesterday, Congress and its ROTTEN eco-system have been EXPOSED by all those who believe in truth, democracy and social justice.
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) December 19, 2024
So, I thought of sharing some facts to illustrate the deep CONGRESS HATE towards Dr. Ambedkar. 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/j3TPzsBrxm
Adding to this bitter exchange of allegations, Rajya Sabha MP Phangnon Konyak has written to the Chairman of Rajya Sabha, alleging misbehaviour by Rahul while she was protesting. Konyak claims Gandhi approached her despite a designated passage for MPs, pushed her, shouted at her, and made her feel uncomfortable with his close physical proximity.
Rajya Sabha MP S Phangnon Konyak writes to the Chairman Rajya Sabha alleging misbehaviour by Congress MP and LoP Rahul Gandhi with her.
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2024
"My dignity and self-esteem has been deeply hurt by LoP Rahul Gandhi," she writes in the letter to Chairman Rajya Sabha. pic.twitter.com/zPOI5FeR6d