Have sought time for Rahul Gandhi to speak in Lok Sabha on March 21: Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the clip has been sought for Rahul Gandhi to talk successful the Lok Sabha connected March 21 and helium volition marque his connection if allowed.

Mr. Kharge besides slammed the BJP-led authorities implicit the Delhi Police squad reaching Mr. Gandhi's residence connected Sunday to inquire astir his "women are inactive being sexually assaulted" connection made during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

"They are trying to divert attraction from the issues we person been raising. It has been 46 days since the yatra was completed and they are asking now, 'whom did you meet'. Lakhs of radical connected with the yatra and met him [Mr. Gandhi] for 5 minutes and they are asking to place people," Mr. Kharge told reporters present connected Monday earlier leaving to be Parliament.

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Mr. Gandhi's code was made successful Jammu and Kashmir and the constabulary are asking astir it here, the Congress main said.

"This is an effort to people and harass. They privation to weaken america by intimidation, but we volition not get frightened oregon beryllium weakened," Mr. Kharge said.

Asked if Mr. Gandhi volition talk successful Parliament, helium said, "We person asked for a clip time [Tuesday]. If allowed, helium [Rahul Gandhi] volition talk successful Parliament. That is what we person been trying for."

"This is the problem, we are not adjacent allowed to talk successful democracy, microphones are switched disconnected and erstwhile we said this, they made allegations. You tin spot 1 idiosyncratic wants to springiness his idiosyncratic mentation and helium is not being fixed a chance," helium said.

Mr. Gandhi volition question to Karnataka connected Monday and code a nationalist gathering astatine Belagavi successful the afternoon.

Mr. Kharge's remarks travel amid the logjam successful Parliament implicit Mr. Gandhi's statements made during his caller travel to the U.K., with some Houses failing to transact immoderate important concern connected the archetypal 5 days of the fund session's 2nd half.

During his interactions successful the United Kingdom, the Gandhi scion alleged that the structures of Indian ideology are nether onslaught and determination is simply a "full-scale assault" connected the country's institutions. He besides told British parliamentarians that microphones are often "turned off" successful the Lok Sabha erstwhile an absorption subordinate raises important issues.

Mr. Gandhi's remarks triggered a governmental slugfest, with the BJP accusing him of maligning India connected overseas soil and seeking overseas interventions, and the Congress deed backmost astatine the ruling enactment by citing instances of Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising interior authorities abroad.