A BJP MP was reportedly injured in a 'scuffle' media reports said erupted during separate protests organised by MPs of BJP and INDIA bloc. BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi blamed Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi for his injuries.
"Rahul Gandhi pushed an MP who fell on me after which I fell down...I was standing near the stairs when Rahul Gandhi came and pushed an MP who then fell on me..." he said.
#WATCH | Delhi | BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi says, "Rahul Gandhi pushed an MP who fell on me after which I fell down...I was standing near the stairs when Rahul Gandhi came and pushed an MP who then fell on me..." pic.twitter.com/xhn2XOvYt4
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2024
Rahul Gandhi Says BJP MPs Threatened Him
Immediately after Sarangi's claims, Rahul Gandhi appeared to refute allegations and in turn said that BJP MPs were threatening him and preventing him from entering the parliament.
#WATCH | Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi says, "This might be on your camera. I was trying to go inside through the Parliament entrance, BJP MPs were trying to stop me, push me and threaten me. So this happened...Yes, this has happened (Mallikarjun Kharge being pushed). But we do not… https://t.co/q1RSr2BWqu pic.twitter.com/ZKDWbIY6D6
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2024
BJP leaders were quick to take to social media to protest what they claimed was aggression by Congress.
Odisha BJP MP Pratap Sarangi sustained injuries, when Rahul Gandhi pushed another MP, causing him to fall on Sarangi.
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) December 19, 2024
The sheer nonchalance and arrogance of Gandhi scion is for all to see. Congress leadership is now restoring to physical assaults… pic.twitter.com/62EQ8xQoqa
The controversy started after Amit Shah's reference to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and lashed out at Congress. Shah said previously that it had become a 'fashion' for Congress to take Ambedkar's name.
"If they had taken the name of God so many times instead of Ambedkar then they would have got heaven for seven lives," Shah said.