Rahul as yuvraj sparks uproar in Rajya Sabha
Description of Rahul Gandhi as a yuvraj (prince) of common man by a Congress member sparked off an uproar in the Rajya Sabha on Monday with BJP objecting to the use of the term as a blot on democracy.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Description of Rahul Gandhi as a yuvraj (prince) of common man by a Congress member sparked off an uproar in the Rajya Sabha on Monday with BJP objecting to the use of the term as a blot on democracy.
Congress member E M Sudarsana Natchiappan said by marching to the Divisional Commissioner's office in Jhansi to know why people were being deprived of their right to employment under the NREGS, Rahul Gandhi had proved himself to be yuvraj of people and the yuvraj of my party".
"If there is a yuvraj, there has to be Rajmata and a Maharaja," retorted Balbir Punj of the BJP, who took the floor after Natchiappan, saying yuvraj was "unacceptable in a democracy".
"It is hard to perceive that the salvation of the country depends on one family," Punj said amidst loud protests from the Congress benches. The sharp interlude took place as the House was discussing the functioning of the rural development ministry.
"Somebody being referred to as yuvraj in a democratic country has to be a joke," the BJP member said.
Vociferous Congress members shot back by saying that BJP had only arm chair politicians who paid lip service to poverty alleviation.
"Here is a young leader who dares to eat and sleep with the underprivileged to espouse their cause," they said.
This triggered a running duel between the Congress and BJP benches and Punj asked, "Does one remove rural poverty by marching to Divisional Commissioner's office?".
"It amounts to trivialising the issue of poverty," he declared.
Congress member E M Sudarsana Natchiappan said by marching to the Divisional Commissioner's office in Jhansi to know why people were being deprived of their right to employment under the NREGS, Rahul Gandhi had proved himself to be yuvraj of people and the yuvraj of my party".
"If there is a yuvraj, there has to be Rajmata and a Maharaja," retorted Balbir Punj of the BJP, who took the floor after Natchiappan, saying yuvraj was "unacceptable in a democracy".
"It is hard to perceive that the salvation of the country depends on one family," Punj said amidst loud protests from the Congress benches. The sharp interlude took place as the House was discussing the functioning of the rural development ministry.
"Somebody being referred to as yuvraj in a democratic country has to be a joke," the BJP member said.
Vociferous Congress members shot back by saying that BJP had only arm chair politicians who paid lip service to poverty alleviation.
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"Here is a young leader who dares to eat and sleep with the underprivileged to espouse their cause," they said.
This triggered a running duel between the Congress and BJP benches and Punj asked, "Does one remove rural poverty by marching to Divisional Commissioner's office?".
"It amounts to trivialising the issue of poverty," he declared.
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