A fierce war of words broke out in the lower house between members of the Treasury and members of the opposition over the statements of the Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur, about the Nehru-Gandhi family, which led to the first postponement of the Lok proceedings. Sabha of the monsoon session of Parliament.
The lower house proceedings have been postponed four times in a row since 4:00 pm due to the uproar followed by Thakur’s comments.
During a discussion on the tax bill and other laws (relaxation and amendment of certain provisions) in the lower house, Thakur accused the Nehru-Gandhi family of misleading the public by creating various funds with different names in honor of Congressional leaders, including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. , Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari criticized the PM CARES fund.
“Nehru ji ordered the creation of the Prime Minister’s National Aid Fund in 1948 as a royal order, but its registration has not been done until today. How did you get clearance from the FCRA? Thakur said.
“From the Superior Court to the Supreme Court, all the courts have validated the PM-CARES fund. Young children have contributed to this from their piggy banks. Nehru created a fund that has not been registered to date. You (Congress) only made a trust for the benefit of the Gandhi family. You made Sonia Gandhi your president. It should be investigated, ”he added.
The leader of Congress, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, also investigated the MoS by calling it “Chhokra. (boy) “.” Who is this boy from Himachal? “…” How did Nehru enter this debate? Did we take the name of (prime minister) Narendra Modi? This two-bit chhokra … “he lunged.
Irritated by the comment, members of the opposition demanded an apology from the MoS. Some congressional parliamentarians also went on strike to protest the comment. The Lok Sabha speaker adjourned the session and called for a floor leaders meeting to resolve the disruption.
The proceedings of the lower house have been postponed until 6 in the afternoon.
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