New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed he has "documents" exposing "corruption" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that the PM was hence "terrified" of letting him speak in Parliament.
Allow opposition to speak in the house.PM owes country an explanation, cannot keep running away to pop concerts&public meetings-Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/b9c2Dcx4ON? ANI (@ANI_news) December 14, 2016
"Pradhanmantri ji ke baare mein bhrashtachar ka kuch personal info hai hamaare paas, jo vo hume sadan mein rakhne nahi de rahe (I have personal information regarding corruption involving the Prime Minister. If I speak, his balloon will burst. So, Modi is personally terrified with the information I have)," Gandhi said.
TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay, who was accompanied by Gandhi, said the entire Parliamentary system is facing a "threat" as government is not allowing the House to function smoothly and allow the opposition to speak.
#WATCH Rahul Gandhi says he has info of personal corruption of PM Modi, about which he is not being allowed to speak in Lok Sabha pic.twitter.com/5h7NDjOmJk? ANI (@ANI_news) December 14, 2016
He said the government is spreading rumours that after Rahul Gandhi speaks, the opposition will not allow the House to function. "It is totally incorrect," he said.
Bandyopadhyay charged the government is not allowing the opposition to speak in Lok Sabha and this was "unfortunate and disgraceful".
P Karunakaran (CPI-M) said all 16 parties came together on the issue of demonetisation and wanted a discussion on the issue, but the government is now allowing this.
"Government is not willing to answer questions. The Prime Minister is accountable to Parliament but has not come to the Lok Sabha. It is very clear that they are not ready to answer the questions raised. The Prime Minister is running away from Parliament which means he is running away from people," he said.
NCP leader Tariq Anwer said this is the first time that such an atmosphere has been created where the opposition is not allowed to speak.
"It is a conspiracy by the government. The entire opposition is united. What is the government fearing from. We are all united. Let us be allowed to speak," he said.
Gandhi was accompanied by a few other party leaders besides his own leaders in Lok Sabha, including Mallikarjun Kharge and Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Immediately after the allegation BJP leaders sought to ridicule his claims.
Unfortunately,since day 1 opposition is giving one or other excuse so that Parliament doesn't function-Jitendra Singh,MoS PMO on Parl logjam pic.twitter.com/xC46TGp26V? ANI (@ANI_news) December 14, 2016
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