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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) said helium has fixed a announcement to initiate a ‘substantive motion’ against Congress person Rahul Gandhi, and demanded that his Lok Sabha rank beryllium cancelled and helium beryllium debarred from contesting elections for life.
“No privilege question notice. I person fixed a substantive question announcement wherever successful I person mentioned however helium visits Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia with Soros Foundation, Ford Foundation and USAID, and colludes with anti-India forces,” Mr. Dubey alleged.
The BJP MP demanded that the “Lok Sabha rank of Mr. Gandhi beryllium cancelled and helium beryllium debarred from contesting elections for life”.
What is Substantive Motion?
A question successful parliamentary presumption is an authoritative proposition made by a subordinate of the House requesting that the House instrumentality a circumstantial action, instrumentality an order, oregon explicit an sentiment connected a peculiar issue. It is crafted to bespeak a determination that the House tin adopt.
A substantive question is an autarkic connection submitted to the House for approval, structured to pass a determination effectively. Examples see resolutions and motions for the assignment of the Deputy Chairman successful the Rajya Sabha, arsenic good arsenic the Motion of Thanks regarding the President’s Address. Discussions astir the behaviour of individuals successful precocious positions indispensable besides beryllium initiated done due substantive motions.
What are the ramifications?
In the announcement for a substantive question aimed astatine Mr. Gandhi, Mr. Dubey seeks not lone the cancellation of the Congress leader’s Lok Sabha rank but besides a beingness prohibition connected him from contesting elections. This move, peculiarly successful the discourse of the upcoming elections, is expected to intensify the governmental rivalry betwixt the 2 parties.
In his allegations, Mr. Dubey cited Gandhi’s alleged visits to Southeast Asian countries, specifically Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, portion claiming that these trips were made successful relation with organisations specified arsenic the Soros Foundation, Ford Foundation, and USAID.
Mr. Dubey’s claims these visits magnitude to collusion with “anti-India forces,” portraying Mr. Gandhi arsenic idiosyncratic who is undermining nationalist interests by engaging with planetary entities that are perceived to beryllium captious of India oregon its government.
If the question is accepted, the Lok Sabha volition request to prosecute successful a ceremonial statement and marque a determination regarding the issue. Currently, the adjacent steps are wholly astatine the discretion of Speaker Om Birla, who tin either judge oregon cull the question oregon take an alternate way according to the rules.
Congress’s reaction
Congress wide caput K. C. Venugopal deed backmost saying, “We are not bothered astir immoderate motions and if you privation to bent us, we are acceptable for that also.”
He slammed the authorities implicit definite remarks made by Mr. Gandhi successful the House being expunged connected Wednesday. He said questions were asked connected wherefore “we took an utmost position” to taxable a announcement for the removal of the Lok Sabha Speaker. “The reply to that is we person not been getting justness from the Chair,” helium said.
Asked astir the BJP’s enactment against Mr. Gandhi’s remarks successful the Lok Sabha during the treatment connected the Budget, Mr. Venugopal said, “Which privilege has Rahul Gandhi broken? They removed his rank past time. What happened afterwards was that radical ensured his triumph with much votes compared to that of Modi ji...”
(With PTI inputs)
