Parliament LIVE | Privilege motion against Sonia for remarks on President

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, while speaking on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address on January 31, called her speech a repeat of the government’s “laundry list” of this outlined last year.

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Make in India has failed: Rahul

He said successive governments, be it the UPA or the present NDA, have not been able to tackle unemployment and give a clear-cut answer to youth about employment.

Rahul said while 'Make in India' was a good idea, the prime minister "pretty much failed".

He claimed the reason China is sitting inside the country is because 'Make in India' has failed and India is refusing to produce. "I am worried that India is going to give up this revolution to the Chinese once again," he said.

Hitting back, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju asked Rahul to substantiate his claims on the government's foreign policy.

Rahul’s claim that S Jaishankar went to the US to get an invite for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Donald Trump’s “coronation” was received with a rebuttal by the foreign minister who called it a deliberate “falsehood”.

Privilege motion against Sonia

Later in the day, a group of BJP MPs moved a notice for breach of Parliamentary Privilege, Ethics and Propriety motion against Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi for her remarks against President Droupadi Murmu. Sonia had called Murmu a “poor thing” while commenting on her addresses to Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session.

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Alleging use of “derogatory and slanderous words” to describe the President, the BJP MPs said such behaviour warrants “serious consideration and disciplinary action”.

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