Congress MP Rahul Gandhi met with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday, requesting that derogatory remarks made against him be expunged from the parliamentary records.
I held a meeting with the Speaker. I told him that derogatory comments against me should be expunged. The Speaker said that he would look into it…Our aim is that the House must run and discussion should happen in the House. No matter what they say about me, we want to have a debate on 13th December…They don’t want a discussion on Adani. In the end, we will not leave this. They will keep levelling allegations on us but the House must function,” Rahul Gandhi told reporters.
On December 5, BJP Lok Sabha MPs Nishikant Dubey and Sambit Patra stirred controversy by alleging links between Rahul Gandhi and a Hungarian businessman. The accusations prompted a strong response from the Opposition Congress.
The day after, while speaking in the House, Dubey raised the issue again, linking Rahul Gandhi to Hungarian billionaire George Soros and the global investigative network OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project). He stated, “Congress ka haath, Soros ke saath. Congress has ties with OCCRP, which is funded by the US government and George Soros. Did Rahul Gandhi receive money from Soros for the Bharat Jodo Yatra?”
Dubey’s statement sparked a dramatic uproar, with Congress MPs rushing to the Well of the House in protest, leading to an adjournment. The Congress members also demanded an update on the status of their notices regarding breach of privilege against Dubey and Patra.
Earlier on Thursday, outside Parliament, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra responded to BJP’s Sambit Patra calling Rahul Gandhi a “traitor,” saying, “Those who can call Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi traitors have no hesitation in labeling Rahul Gandhi the same. There is nothing new in this. I am proud of my brother, and for him, nothing is more important than this country.”
