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The Congress connected Monday (February 2, 2026) accused the Narendra Modi Government of misusing rules to heckle and soundlessness Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, preventing him from speaking connected the 2020 India-China borderline struggle by objecting to references to erstwhile Army main General (retired) Manoj Naravane’s memoir.
Congress wide caput K. C. Venugopal, who repeatedly took connected the Treasury benches arsenic Mr. Gandhi attempted to rise the contented successful the House, said the authorities was acrophobic that the “truth of its incompetence” would beryllium exposed.
“This faux-nationalist authorities is truthful acrophobic of the information of their incompetence coming retired that they person deployed a clump of seniormost Cabinet Ministers to forestall LOP Sh. Rahul Gandhi ji from speaking. They moved eden and world to stall the publishing of Ex Army Chief Gen. Manoj Naravane ji’s book. And now, erstwhile excerpts are coming retired exposing their alleged nationalist commitments, they are heckling and silencing the Leader of Opposition,” Mr Venugopal said successful a station connected X.
“It is simply a textbook lawsuit of 21st-century fascism, wherever archetypal you stifle dissent successful public, and past misuse rules to further soundlessness your opponents,” helium added. Mr. Venugopal alleged that the authorities was “blatantly misinterpreting the rules of procedure” truthful that the House and the radical of the state are deprived of knowing “their Himalayan blunders” during the face-off with China.
Referring to Rule 349 of the Lok Sabha Rules of Procedure, Mr. Venugopal argued that the regularisation does not let a subordinate to work immoderate book, paper oregon missive but successful transportation with the concern of the House. “National information was precise overmuch portion of the Hon’ble President of India’s address. Rahul ji was good wrong the rules to punctuation a published mag study connected India’s information concern vis-a-vis China. How is it a usurpation of rules?” helium said.
A enactment erupted successful the Lok Sabha erstwhile Mr. Gandhi sought to punctuation from reports based connected the unpublished “memoir” of Gen. Naravane, but Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju each objected to it, citing usurpation of rules and established procedures. The BJP leaders questioned however the Opposition person could notation to a mag study of a memoir which is yet to beryllium published and the Defence Minister accused the Congress person of “misleading” the House.
“The Prime Minister, the Home Minister, and the Defence Minister don’t privation you to work this,” Congress connection main Jairam Ramesh said successful a station connected X, sharing what helium said were excerpts from the unpublished memoir of the erstwhile Army chief.
Speaking to reporters extracurricular Parliament, Mr. Gandhi said, “The person of the state is expected to springiness directions. The person is not expected to tally distant from decisions and permission them connected different people’s shoulders. That is what the Prime Minister has done.”
“This is not maine (speaking), this is the (former) Army chief. The publication is not being allowed to beryllium published, and it is languishing. Why are they truthful frightened of what the (retired) Army main has to say?” helium added.
