NEW DELHI: Today was the fourth day of disruptions in Parliament due to the BJP's attack on Congress for Rahul Gandhi's comments and the opposition's demand for a joint parliamentary committee investigation into the Adani-Hindenberg dispute.
Soon after they gathered this morning, both Houses were suspended until 2 o'clock.
Rahul Gandhi, a leader of the Congress party, is anticipated to be present at the meeting today and address the intense controversy surrounding his remarks regarding the state of democracy in India while speaking in London.
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju increased the heat on the Congress leader today in front of an anticipated altercation in parliament by charging him with lying in London and demeaning the country.
Rijiju said, "The person who speaks the most in this nation and constantly criticizes the government claims overseas that he does not have the freedom to speak in India. We don't care if Rahul Gandhi brings down the Congress. Yet, we as citizens cannot remain silent if he attempts to harm or insult the country."
"The fact that the country has rejected the leadership of the Congress does not give him the right to defame the country abroad," he added.
There is no prospect of an apology, according to Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the Congress, for Rahul Gandhi's comments in the UK. He noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi frequently insulted the Congress while travelling abroad.
Mr. Kharge added, "I want to ask those who are asking for an apology that Modiji went to five or six nations and there he (Modi) humiliated our country, claiming it was a shame to be born in India. Now these same people are curtailing freedom of expression."
Rahul Gandhi has come under fire from a number of government ministers for his remarks in London.
The Congress MP claimed at a lecture at Cambridge University that the Indian democracy is under attack and that the voices of the opposition are being muzzled.
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