The committee has summoned BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, who had filed the notice against him, for a hearing on March 14
Lok Sabha’s Ethics and Privileges Committee has initiated action on the breach of privilege notice filed against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in February for his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The committee has summoned BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, who had filed the notice against him, for a hearing on March 14.
Dubey and Joshi had filed a breach of privilege notice against Gandhi on February 7 for his remarks on Prime Minister Modi.
Gandhi, in his February 7 parliamentary speech, alleged that PM Modi was behind the success of Adani Group’s owner Gautam Adani amid the report released by Hindenburg Research. He also displayed a picture in the Lok Sabha where the multi-millionaire was seen sharing a space with the Prime Minister inside a private jet.
The notice accused Rahul Gandhi of making “defamatory, misleading, unparliamentary and baseless allegations” in his motion of thanks on the President’s address.
In his speech, Gandhi had said, “From Tamil Nadu, Kerala to Himachal Pradesh, we have been listening to only one name everywhere – ‘Adani’. Across the country, it’s just ‘Adani’, ‘Adani’, ‘Adani’… People wondered how Adani was successful in every business he entered.”
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“People used to ask us how Adani’s net worth reached $140 billion from just $8 billion between 2014 and 2022,” Rahul Gandhi said, adding, “Adani is now involved in eight to 10 sectors. Everyone is just talking about Adani – from the apples of Kashmir and Himachal to ports, airports and even the roads we are walking on.”
Rules were changed to help Adani, Gandhi alleged. “There’s a rule that anyone who doesn’t have prior experience in airports can’t be involved in their development. This rule was changed by the Government of India and Adani was given six airports. After that, India’s most profitable airport – the Mumbai Airport – was hijacked from the GVK using agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and given to Adani by the Centre,” he said.
