Highlight
- Jyotiraditya Scindia spoke in parliament for the first time since the crossing
- Targeted Congress for Farm Laws
- Congressional veteran Digvijaya Singh then hit him
New Delhi:
An exchange between the leader of the BJP, Jyotraditya Scindia, and his former colleague in Congress, Digvijaya Singh, led to a fun interlude at the Rajya Sabha today, amid a discussion about the farmers’ protests.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, speaking in parliament for the first time since passing Congress last year, her 19-year-old party, to the BJP, took aim at what she called the congressional-led UPA government’s double standards on farm laws in the center. of a mass agitation of farmers outside Delhi. Congress and other opposition parties have supported the farmers’ demand for the laws to be repealed. Scindia tried to highlight what, according to him, was the radical change of the Congress in the laws.
“In the 2019 election manifesto, Congress had promised reforms for farmers. In 2010-11, our Minister of Agriculture, Sharad Pawar, had written to all the senior ministers and said that private sector involvement was necessary in agriculture. and for that, amendments were needed in the APMC Law (Agricultural Products Market Committee) promulgated by state governments, “said Scindia.
“Yeh Juban badalne ki aadat badalni hogi. Chat bhi mera pat bhi mera kab tak chalega (The opposition parties will have to change the habit of retracting their words. Heads I win, tails you lose. How long will this last?) “Said the BJP member.
Speaking right after Scindia, Congressional veteran Digvijaya Singh started by hitting her.
Mr. Scindia smiled and replied, “It’s all because of your blessings.”
“Scindia-Hee I congratulate you. In the way you used to present the UPA point of view strongly in the house before, today you have done an excellent job of expressing the BJP opinion. Wah Maharaj-ji wah! “- Digvijaya Singh smiled, using the nickname of the leader of Madhya Pradesh.
Mr. Scindia smiled and replied, “It’s all because of your blessings.”
To which Mr. Singh returned: “My blessings were always with you. And they will always be with you, no matter what party you join.”
The whole House burst into laughter at the jokes.
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