Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has cracked the whip on India’s honourable parliamentarians and issued strict instructions to ensure that no MP is allowed to hold protests at any of the gates of Parliament House.
The instructions came after chaos and ruckus unfolded earlier on Thursday between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Opposition MPs at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament House. Om Birla has also issued instructions to all MPs not to block the passage or hold protests at any of the entry gates to Parliament.
#WATCH | Delhi: Opposition MPs including Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi hold a protest against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech in the Rajya Sabha during the Constitution debate yesterday.
— ANI (@ANI) December 18, 2024
MPs allege Union HM insulted Dr BR Ambedkar in his speech yesterday. pic.twitter.com/xf2z1ju3F4
#WATCH | Delhi: Opposition MPs hold protest against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech in the Rajya Sabha during the Constitution debate yesterday.
— ANI (@ANI) December 18, 2024
MPs allege Union HM insulted Dr BR Ambedkar in his speech yesterday. pic.twitter.com/9e5v3KV4Jl
#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
#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
MPs from the NDA and the Opposition bloc INDIA took out separate protest marches over the BR Ambedkar issue on Thursday. The situation escalated when both groups came face to face outside Parliament House, leading to jostling in which two BJP MPs were injured.