UNION Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday shared a video of the Lok Sabha proceedings of February 4 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to reply to the President’s Address in the House; however, the women MPs of the Congress party created a ruckus in the well of the House. This comes a day after the women MPs of the Congress party wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla express ing strong objection to what they described as “grave allegations” that they had “threatened or attempted to obstruct”Prime Minister Modi in side the House on February4. However, Congress dis missed the reports and said that the Prime Minister was “too scared to speak” inthe House.

 

The video showed women MPs of Congress, holding banners and placards, surrounding the seat where the Prime Minister sits.Following this,the Prime Minister’ssched uled reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address was cancelled. Taking to X, Rijiju shared a video of February4and said, “Congress Party is proud of the most degrading behaviour by their MPs!! If we had not stopped all the BJP MPsand allowedthe Women MPs to confront Cong MPs, it would haveled to a very ugly scene.” The Union Minister also reposted avideo shared by Congress on X, showing PM Modi instructing the Lo Sabha Speaker to“ask him not come to the  House as women MPs of Congress planned on attacking the Prime Minister”.

 

“We have very high consideration to protect the dignity and san ctity of the Parliament,” he said. According to thes equence of events, as the clock approached 5 pm on February 4, members were waiting for the Prime Minister to enter the Lok Sabha and begin his address. However, protests continued inside the House, during which about eight to nine women MPs from the Opposition benches reportedly gathered around the Prime Minister’s designated seat. Among those named were Geniben Thakor, V arsha Gaikwad, Jyotimati, R Sudha, K Kavyaand Shobha Bachhav.