Congress on Thursday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP MP Anurag Thakur made factually inaccurate and deceptive statements within the Home. He additionally sought applicable motion within the matter, information company PTI reported.
The letter was written by Congress MP Manickam Tagore, who requested that provisions of Route 115(1) be invoked over statements made by PM Modi and Anurag Thakur. Looking for motion in opposition to the BJP leaders, he wrote: “requisite proceedings be initiated and applicable motion be taken on this regard”.
Below Route 115(1), any MP wishing to focus on an inaccuracy in a press release made by one other MP should write to the Speaker earlier than elevating the matter in Parliament.
The Virudhunagar MP flagged that Prime Minister Modi, in his reply to the Movement of Because of the President’s handle, had acknowledged that the Congress made a false promise of Rs 8,500 monthly to ladies. Tagore clairifed that this promise was meant “to be fulfilled on victory and authorities formation”.
He additionally challenged Prime Minister Modi’s declare that the vote share of Congress has gone down in 16 states through which it contested independently. “That is factually incorrect. The Congress vote share elevated in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Telangana and so forth.,” Tagore replied within the letter.
‘Grossly Deceptive’: Congress MP On PM’s ‘No Bullet Proof Jackets For Military’ Declare
He additionally termed Modi’s remarks that no bullet proof jackets [were provided] for the Military throughout the Congress’ time as as “grossly deceptive.”
“There was a scarcity of jackets, not that jackets weren’t there. Even police had bullet proof jackets like in Mumbai assaults,” Tagore stated.
Moreover, he additionally challenged PM Modi over the declare that the Congress didn’t present fighter jets to the Indian Military.
He responded to this declare saying: “We had Jaguar, Mig 29, SU- 30, Mirage 2000.”
Congress Flags Inaccuracies In Anurag Thakur’s Lok Sabha Speech
Tagore additionally identified on the alleged inaccuracies in Thakur’s July 1 speech within the Lok Sabha, PTI reported.
The Congress MP acknowledged that Thakur claimed that the Military was not given arms and fighter jets when the grand outdated social gathering dominated the nation was additionally incorrect.
“We had Jaguar, Mig 29, SU- 30, Mirage 2000….We had nuclear bombs, missiles like Agni, Prithvi, Aakash, Nag, Trishul and later Brahmos,” he wrote within the letter.
Tagore additionally dubbed Hamirpur MP’s remarks that Prime Minister Modi has not taken a single vacation as factually incorrect and requested “Which class of go away is taken for election campaigns?”
Congress additionally highlighted the “factual inaccuracy” in Thakur’s declare that “25 crore individuals had been introduced out of poverty”.