On Friday, Congress MP Manickam Tagore wrote a letter to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla demanding action against BJP leaders for manhandling him after treasury and Opposition members nearly came to blows in the House.
The incident started when Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan condemned in “no uncertain words” the “outlandish” remarks made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
When Gandhi asked a question related to the establishment of medical colleges during the question hour, Vardhan said before giving the answer, he would like to make a statement on the Congress leader’s recent comment on the prime minister.
Most unfortunate day in the history of our Parliament. A member of the house threatening our MP Mr @manickamtagore in house itself. Unprecedented and most unfortunate. Hope Hon’ble @ombirlakota will take appropriate action against the misbehaved member Mr Brij Bushan Saran Singh pic.twitter.com/wiOKdD1J6g
— Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (@INCTamilNadu) February 7, 2020
Vardhan was quoted as saying, “Sir, please excuse me. Before I begin answering this question of dear Shri Rahul Gandhi ji. I want to condemn in no uncertain words the outlandish language that he has used against the prime minister of the country,” he said.
For those unaware, Speaker Om Birla asked the minister to stick to his answer. As Vardhan continued reading out the statement, Congress MPs came to the Well strongly protesting against the minister’s move. Congress member from Tamil Nadu, Manickam Tagore, came to the treasury benches and attempted to aggressively reach Vardhan, who was sitting in the second row.
Immediately, BJP member from Uttar Pradesh, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, held Tagore by his arm to prevent him from reaching the union minister.
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