Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his address with his much-awaited response to the no-confidence motion in the Parliament. He drew the cricket analogy while taking a dig at the Opposition’s conduct while moving the no-confidence motion against the Modi government.
"You came together for what? You are not even prepared for the no-confidence motion. I gave you five years. At least you should have come prepared."#ModiInParliamentpic.twitter.com/fiEf9s9YqZ
“Respected Speaker, when you (the Opposition) finally let the Session run, you (the Opposition) assembled only for the no-trust vote that to bound by the conditions applied by your ‘kattar bhrasht’ colleagues,” PM Modi said in a dig at the Opposition alliance, I.N.D.I.A.
Further, taking a jibe at the Congress loyalists, he said, “What kind of discussion did you hold on the no-confidence motion? I have been seeing that your ‘darbaris’ (courtiers) on social media are also disappointed. Such is your condition.” PM Modi’s veiled attack, or not so veiled really, was against the Congress loyalist media persons like Rajdeep Sardesai, Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Tanushree Pandey, Yogendra Yadav, and Ravish Kumar, and many more who have peddled Congress propaganda and parallelly spread Hindu hate.
PM Modi then began to draw the cricket analogy saying that the fielding was organised by the Opposition but the fours and sixes were hit from here (Treasury benches). “And the Opposition kept moving with no ball after no ball. Centuries are being hit from here (Treasury benches) and no balls are being delivered from there (Opposition),” Modi said with a grin.
He mocked the Opposition saying why don’t you work hard? “You should work a little bit harder. I told you back in 2018 that do come back (in power) in 2023. But you couldn’t even work hard for five years. Such is your condition, such adversity you are in,” PM Modi said amid loud laughter from the MPs of the ruling party.
Trinamool Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from Krishnanagar Mahua Moitra used the opportunity to address the lower house of the parliament in her vitriol against the majority community of the country. She expressed her contempt and hatred for the prime minister’s display of respect to the Adheenam seers during their visit to New Delhi to deliver the Sengol which was placed near the chair of the speaker of the lower house.
She alleged, “India has lost confidence in you. The spectacle of the prime minister of the greatest democracy bowing to the religious seers of a majority in the chamber of the new parliament fills us with shame,” in her symbolically shrill tone amidst the ruckus in the house.
Loudmouth @MahuaMoitra says PM bowing down to Adheemam Seers fills her with shame.
However, the lawmaker’s attack on the prime minister and Hindu traditions didn’t get unanswered and Bharatiya Janata Party Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee responded to her vicious rant. She replied, “The people who committed atrocities against women after the West Bengal Panchayat polls talk about democracy. 59 party workers died in this year’s Panchayat polls. Since West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been in power there have been atrocities against women in the state.”
She also called out the opposition’s hypocrisy and further added, “To create their image, they are asking why is PM Modi silent on the Manipur issue. The opposition is silent on the Rajasthan, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh incidents and is talking about Manipur.”
#WATCH | BJP MP Locket Chatterjee says, "The people who committed atrocities against women after the West Bengal Panchayat polls talk about democracy…59 party workers died in this year's Panchayat polls. Since West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been in power there have been… pic.twitter.com/sBordZS09A
Notably, Mahua Moitra is notorious for her unparliamentary behaviour and her relentless support for anti-Hindu elements and things. She made controversial remarks about Goddess Kali while speaking at India Today Conclave East 2022 on 5 July. She mentioned that the latter was a meat-eating and alcohol-accepting deity for her. Her disrespectful views angered many Hindus and resulted in a First Information Report against her.
Her statement came in support of alleged filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s documentary “Kaali” after a controversy erupted over the film poster which depicted a woman dressed in a costume portraying the goddess while smoking a cigarette. A flag of the LGBTQ+ community was also visible in the background.
A complaint was made against her in May of last year for disrespecting Lord Shiva in the wake of the discovery of a shivling at the contentious Gyanvapi mosque structure. She had posted a photo of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre along with the sarcastic caption, “Hope Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is not on the digging list.”
Violencein West Bengal
There is a long history of brutal violence against opposition leaders and workers, especially Hindus in Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee’s TMC ruled West Bengal, but Mahua Moitra, who is otherwise one of the most vocal leaders in the party has never found the time or the gumption to speak against the atrocities perpetuated by her own party people.
At least 48 people lost their lives and multiple received grave injuries during the recently concluded panchayat polls in the eastern state. The Calcutta High Court ordered the retention of central forces in the state for at least 10 days after the announcement of the election results last month to prevent post-poll clashes. Over 800 companies of central forces were deployed in the state to maintain peace.
Two years back, in 2012, after the party supremo and incumbent chief minister gave the slogan of “Khela Hobe” (Will Play) during the assembly elections in the state, the party cadres unleashed a blood-bath and made an absolute mockery of law and order.
West Bengal experienced unprecedented instability and carnage during which several BJP activists were assaulted, threatened, and killed by Trinamool Congress goons in celebration of their victory in the polls. They didn’t even spare the women. Multiple cases of rape, atrocity and molestations were reported in the state.
The situation escalated to such a startling point that BJP workers decided to flee from their homes in an attempt to escape the violence and moved to Assam to save their life and honor. They were provided with food and shelter in the neighboring state.
In a sad development 300-400 @BJP4Bengal karyakartas and family members have crossed over to Dhubri in Assam after confronted with brazen persecution & violence. We’re giving shelter & food. @MamataOfficial Didi must stop this ugly dance of demonocracy!
The convoy of opposition leaders especially those from the BJP were attacked with stones and attempts were made to torch their vehicles. According to a home ministry inquiry into political violence in West Bengal, there were 693 occurrences and 11 fatalities during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, as well as 23 fatalities on election day and the night before in the 2018 panchayat elections.
Following in the footsteps of the left-wing parties, TMC has incorporated violence into its strategy to win elections. Mahua Moitra has never spoken out against the wrongdoings of her own party, but she grabs every chance to discredit the BJP and the Hindus of the country under the garb of democracy and secularism.
On Thursday, August 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in response to the no-confidence motion introduced by the opposition in the Parliament. PM Modi was speaking in Lok Sabha in response to the opposition’s no-confidence motion. During his speech, PM Modi asked why the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, wasn’t allowed to speak.
Taking a dig at the opposition’s decision not to allow Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to speak during the debate, PM Modi asked, “Why did Congress sideline Adhir Chowdhury? Was there a call from Bengal?”
PM Modi asked why ‘Adhir babu’ was ignored, and he mentioned that Congress keeps insulting him. However, he expressed his full support to Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury even though his parent party insults him.
Notably, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been very vocal against the TMC government in Bengal in general and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in particular. However, recently, Congress and TMC have come together as part of the I.N.D.I.A. alliance to take on Narendra Modi and the BJP.
PM Modi’s comment was directed towards the newly formed I.N.D.I.A. alliance where Congress and Trinamool Congress from Bengal are allies.
On 22nd July, Congress’s party floor leader in Lok Sabha and Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury launched an attack on Trinamool Congress (TMC) led by Mamata Banerjee. Speaking at a press conference, Chowdhury said, “She (Mamata) came to power in 2011 with the help of the Congress. Then she denied that. The people of the state have become disillusioned with Mamata Banerjee now. So, she felt that she should now join hands with Congress… The Trinamool now desperately needs the Congress.”
Chowdhury added, “Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra united the entire country. Rahul Gandhi’s leadership is a clear sign of change in India as a whole. The TMC realised that if they did not join with the politics of Rahul Gandhi, then the party would split.”
On 10th August 2023, BJP MP Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore addressed the Lok Sabha during the ongoing monsoon session of the parliament. The 2008 Olympic medalist was answering the no-confidence motion moved by the opposition. Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that when he along with other players was participating in Beijing Olympics Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were busy meeting with leaders of the Communist Party of China.
Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said, “I was at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in China. We came to know that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are coming to meet us, but they did not actually come to meet us nor did they meet us. Their plates were being served by the Communist Party of China. They met the Communist Party of China. They used to run a government on the remote control. If a soldier attempts anything of this sort, he is tried in a sedition case. They (Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi) were running the government at that time. They should be tried for treason.”
''मैं 2008 बीजिंग ओलंपिक (चीन में) में था. हमें पता चला कि सोनिया गांधी और राहुल गांधी हमसे मिलने आ रहे हैं पर वे हमसे मिलने नहीं आए. वे कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी ऑफ चाइना से मिले थे.'' । उन पर देशद्रोह का मुकदमा चलाया जाना चाहिए…" pic.twitter.com/HtFwE2MbsB
On 7th August 2008, an agreement was made between the Sonia Gandhi-led Congress Party and the Communist Party of China (CPC).
During UPA1 in 2008, the Congress Party and the Communist Party of China (CPC) signed a deal in Beijing for exchanging high-level information and co-operation between them. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) also provided the two parties with the “opportunity to consult each other on important bilateral, regional and international developments”.
Interestingly, the MoU was signed by the then Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and on the Chinese side, it was signed by none other than Xi Jinping himself, who was then the Chinese vice-president and standing committee member of the CPC’s politburo. The MoU was signed in the presence of his mother and party president Sonia Gandhi.
Before the signing of the MoU, then Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi had held a long meeting with Xi and other senior leaders of the Communist Party of China to discuss issues of mutual interest.
In 2008, Sonia Gandhi visited Beijing along with Rahul, daughter Priyanka, son-in-law Robert Vadra and their two children to attend the opening of the Olympic Games. A year before, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had also led a delegation of the Congress party to China.
The 2008 MoU between CCP and Congress came at a time when the Left parties in India had expressed a lack of trust in the UPA-1 government led by Congress. The India Today report suggests that even as China was aware of the political landscape in India, Xi Jinping went ahead and signed the pact with Congress as CCP wanted deeper ties with Congress, especially with the Gandhi family.
Arvind Netam, a senior leader from Tribal background, has submitted his resignation from the Congress party’s primary membership, signaling a significant political event ahead of the next assembly elections in Chhattisgarh.
The action comes as a brand-new political force, led by the Sarva Adivasi Samaj, is preparing to jump into action and participate in the November assembly elections.
When asked about the reason for his resignation, Netam told the media, “There are several reasons, including the neglect of tribal communities under the current Congress government in Chhattisgarh. Diluting the PESA rules is a prime example of how the Congress government is least interested in protecting the rights of tribal communities.”
Veteran tribal leader Arvind Netam of Chattisharh resigns from Congress due to the Anti-Tribal mindset and policies of Congress Chattisgarh Government. @blsanthosh@MrsGandhipic.twitter.com/XRQselbWTs
Former Union minister and well-known tribal leader Arvind Netam has a long history of affiliation with the Congress party and has been instrumental in advancing the concerns of tribal groups. The new party, led by the Sarva Adivasi Samaj, claims to provide tribal populations with a forum to express their issues and goals.
Its leaders contend that the Congress and the BJP, as well as other major parties, have failed to address a number of issues, such as protecting “Jal, Jungle, and Jameen” (water, forest, and land), and putting the Panchayat Extension in Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act into action.
The former Union minister, who served in the PV Narasimha Rao and Indira Gandhi administrations at the Union Cabinet level, has already started the process of forming a new political organization. Netam, a member of the Sarva Adivasi Samaj, had previously stated that the new party would put up candidates for at least 50 assembly seats in the forthcoming elections for the 90-member state legislative assembly.
The Chhattisgarh Sarva Adivasi Samaj fielded its own candidate, Akbar Pam Korram, in the by-election for the Bhandupratappur (ST) assembly seat in December of the previous year, and he received more than 23,000 votes.
A statue of Maharana Pratap was vandalized by three unidentified persons in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district and the police registered an FIR into the matter, a police official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred near Purani Sabji Mandi, Kailaras locality in the district at around 11:30 pm on Wednesday. The incident has been captured in the CCTV camera installed near the spot.
On getting the information about the matter the police reached the spot and got the statue repaired in the night itself. Nonetheless, local people are in fury and they demand immediate arrest of the accused.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP, Morena), Arvind Thakur said, “A statue of Maharana Pratap was installed near Purani Sabji Mandi in Kailaras locality in the district which was vandalised by three known persons last night between 11:30 pm to 12 am. The Police registered an FIR against 3 unknown people in the matter.”
The whole incident was captured in a CCTV camera. The police will identify the accused on the basis of CCTV footage and will arrest them soon, Thakur said.
When asked about there is a lot of resentment among the local people, Additional SP replied, “As soon as the matter came to the notice of the police, they immediately got the statue of Maharana Pratap repaired. It is true that this is a matter of anger but soon the accused will be identified and arrested.”
Meanwhile, the District President of Rajput Mahapanchayat Morena, Hanumant Singh Tomar said, “We got information that last night at around 11:30 some anti-social elements vandalized the statue of Maharana Pratap. The administration has repaired it overnight but we demand the administration to arrest the accused immediately. Also, the administration should take strict action against the accused so that such an incident would not repeat in future. If the accused are not arrested, then we will stage an agitation.”
(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)
Former Pakistani cricketer Kamran Akmal has advised Pakistani bowling all-rounder Faheem Ashraf to take tips from the latter’s Indian counterpart Hardik Pandya. This comes after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced squads for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 as well as the three-game ODI series against Afghanistan, which includes Ashraf despite his recent unimpressive performances.
“The Indian white-ball team is never complete without Hardik Pandya. He is there every time an Indian team is announced in white-ball cricket. You look at his record, he has won matches for his team with both, bat and ball. It is time Faheem Ashraf also starts to perform like him,” Akmal said on his YouTube channel.
Akmal added, “It has been so long now, he has to show some maturity. I want Faheem Ashraf to be a surety in Pakistan’s white-ball team whenever it’s announced yet. He has to develop himself as an all-rounder. He has to show that responsibility.”
A critical Akmal said that Ashraf should not let go to waste the support he has received with his inclusion in the squad and should do justice to the faith shown in him. Faheem Ashraf has turned out to be a surprise pick for both tournaments considering that his performance in the last ODI and T20I games has been disappointing for Pakistan.
Ashraf played his last ODI in Birmingham against England in July 2021. He was dropped from the Pakistan cricket team due to poor performances when he claimed merely four wickets in his last ten matches. Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq is reportedly of the view that Ashraf deserves another chance given his efforts on the field.
Meanwhile, on 8th August, Akmal was all praises for Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav who heroically scored 83 runs in 44 balls during the third T20 match against West Indies at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.
On Wednesday, August 9, the Uttar Pradesh police filed an FIR against one individual identified as Hanif Ladku for intoxicating a girl with drugs and raping her. The accused also threatened the girl and forced her to convert her religion to Islam.
According to the reports, the incident is said to have happened in the Nichlaul region of Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj. The girl knew the accused for around 5 years who deceptively fed her drugs before raping her. The accused is also said to have shot the incident on his phone which he used to blackmail the girl for additional sexual favors.
The accused knew the family of the girl as well. He approached to help the girl when she was ill recently. He fed the girl with drugs under the guise of providing her with medicines.
He then raped her and forced her to convert her religion to Islam. He also wanted the girl’s family members to convert their religion to Islam. The scared family members then filed a police complaint against the accused who has now been booked under the relevant sections of the law.
The boy reportedly sexually assaulted the girl several times in the past 5 years using a derogatory video of her which he had shot after raping her for the first time. The police have taken cognizance of the event and began investigating the case.
On 31st July, a Muslim mob in Nuh of Mewat, Haryana, attacked thousands of Hindu devotees attending the Jalabhishek Yatra on Shravan Somvar. OpIndia accessed several FIRs registered in the case. One of the FIRs in the case was registered on the complaint of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shiv Kumar Arya under Sections 148, 149, 379B, 435, 427 and 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). As per the complaint, Arya’s oil mill was burnt to ashes, and he suffered a loss of around Rs 1,53,18,000 due to the arson.
BJP leader Shiv Kumar Arya’s shop was burnt to ashes. Source: OpIndia Hindi
Details of the FIR
In his complaint, Arya said he owns an edible oil mill at Badkali crossing on Punhana Road in the village Nagina under the Nagina police station area, district Nuh, Haryana. On 31st July, Arya was at his shop when around 2 PM, Muslim rioters started damaging and burning shops in the market. Arya closed the shop and rushed back home for his safety. At around 3 PM, Muslims reached his shop and broke down the locks and shutter.
Source: Haryana Police/OpIndia Hindi
They looted oil cans from the shop and burnt down one pickup truck, motorbike and swift car parked outside the mill. Then, they burnt his oil mill. 250 bags of mustard seeds, 100 quintals of mustard cakes, 20 quintals of wheat bran, and 170 quintals of oil were destroyed in the fire. The whole building suffered severe damage due to the arson.
Source: Haryana Police/OpIndia Hindi
At around 7 PM, the fire brigade reached the spot and controlled the fire by 8 PM. Arya suffered losses of over Rs 1.5 crore due to the arson. He accused Muslim rioters of burning his shop because he is a BJP leader and demanded strict action against the accused behind it.
Nuh Shobhayatra attack
On 31st July, a mob of hundreds of Muslim rioters attacked Hindu devotees participating in the Brijmandal Jalabhishek Yatra in Nuh, Mewat of Haryana. At least six people were killed as a result of the riots.
During the investigation into the riots, OpIndia accessed over 25 FIRs and complaints that provided a clearer picture of what happened during the violence. Based on information available via FIRs, complaints and witnesses, it appeared that the attack was pre-planned. OpIndia came across several videos posted two days before the Jalabhishek Yatra instigating Muslims against Hindus.
Muslims have claimed the riots happened because of Bajrang Dal activist and Gau Rakshak Monu Manesar. Old videos of Manesar were circulated to instigate Muslims saying he was going to Nuh on that day. The video that was mostly circulated was from October 2022. Detailed reports can be checked here.
Furthermore, a cyber crime police station was attacked in Nuh. Police officials were injured. Home guards were killed. The rioters first shot one of the Bajrang Dal activists Abhishek, then his throat was slit and his head was crushed leading to his death.
OpIndia’s complete coverage of the Mewat Shobha Yatra Attack can be checked here.
Amidst the debate over the No Confidence Motion against the Narendra Modi government in the parliament, Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, August 10 said that the Modi government is clearing the mess created in the banking sector by the previous Congress-led governments. Sitharaman emphasized how the Modi government has taken significant measures to boost India’s banking sector.
“We realised that the banking sector needs to be healthy and therefore we took a lot of measures. Banks are able to work without political interference, they are working with professional integrity. ‘Banks mein failaya hua aapka raita hum saaf kar rahe hai’,” Minister Sitharaman said.
Furthermore, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasized a substantial shift in India’s economic standing.
She cited Morgan Stanley’s classification of India as one of the world’s five most vulnerable economies in 2013. She did, however, underline that Morgan Stanley had just raised India’s rating and positioned it in an enhanced position. She added that, despite the COVID pandemic, the Indian economy has risen and enjoyed significant economic growth in just 9 years, which she credited primarily to government measures.
No Confidence Motion discussion | Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman says, "In 2013, Morgan Stanley had included India in the list of five fragile economies of the world. India was declared a fragile economy. Today, the same Morgan Stanley upgraded India and gave it a higher rating. In… pic.twitter.com/u2kzwG2LTY
According to Sitharaman, India now has the reputation of having the world’s fastest-growing economy. “So, India is in a rare position of being optimistic and positive about its future growth,” Sitharaman said.
"So, India is in a rare position of being optimistic and positive about its future growth," Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says. #NoConfidenceMotionpic.twitter.com/MK3EWl4cdR
The finance minister informed the Lok Sabha that the world economy grew by slightly more than 3% in 2022, but the World Bank now forecasts a 2.1 percent fall in 2023.
VIDEO | "Global economy grew just over 3 per cent in 2022 and the World Bank is now forecasting that it will decline to 2.1 per cent in 2023," says Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha. #NoConfidenceMotion
She went on to say that real GDP growth had reached 7.2 percent in the fiscal year 2022-23 and was expected to rise to 6.5 percent in the fiscal year 2023-24. These estimates were said to be in line with expectations from many international bodies, as well as their own RBI projection.
VIDEO | "Our real GDP growth in 2022-23 stood at 7.2 per cent. It is projected to grow at 6.5 per cent in 2023-24. These projections are given by several global agencies, and our own RBI projection is also the same," says Union Finance minister @nsitharaman in Lok Sabha.… pic.twitter.com/sel5dwi2Mf
Finance minister takes a dig at the I.N.D.I.A. alliance
The Union Finance Minister took a swipe at the I.N.D.I.A. alliance, asking if they were fighting among themselves rather than fighting for unity. She used the instance of Karnataka’s health minister, a Congress leader, who was ‘not impressed’ after visiting the AAP-led Delhi government’s mohalla clinics.
No Confidence Motion discussion | Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman takes on I.N.D.I.A. alliance; says, "Karnataka's Health Minister came to Delhi to see the mohalla clinics here. He came and said that there is nothing special in them and we are disappointed. This is one… pic.twitter.com/j3c18eAMqY
“The Health Minister of Karnataka visited Delhi to see the mohalla clinics.” He walked in and stated there was nothing special in them, and we were disappointed. This is one of the examples of their fight.”
Finance Minister highlights the shift from ‘Milega’ to ‘Mil Gaya’
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slammed the previous UPA government, asserting that while they were simply launching initiatives, the NDA government ensured that such promises were fulfilled.
She said that promises on electricity, gas connections, toilets, and airports have been fulfilled in the nine years since the BJP came to power in center.
“Words like ‘banega, milega’ are not in use anymore. What is everyone using these days? ‘Ban gaye, mil gaye, aa gaye,’ they say. People used to say ‘Bijli aayegi’ during the UPA era; today they say ‘Bijli aa gayi’. They said ‘gas connection milega’, now they said ‘gas connection mil gaya’…They said airport ‘banega,’ now airport ‘ban gaya,’ she stated in Lok Sabha.
Words from the time of UPA – 'Banega', 'Milega', 'Aayega'.
Nirmala Sitharaman slams DMK over women’s safety issue, reminds of Jayalalitha’s saree
In response to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi’s Wednesday speech wherein she compared the women paraded naked and raped in Manipur with queen Draupadi of Mahabharat, minister Sitharaman reminded the DMK leader of March 1989 incident in the Tamil Nadu state assembly when Tamil Nadu’s former CM and AIADMK supremo Jayalalitha was disrespected and DMK MPs back then were laughing.
On Wednesday, Kanimozhi raised the issue of Manipur women equating them with Draupadi and said that like Draupadi those women must also have prayed to some god, however, neither god nor the government came to their rescue.
Responding to this, Minister Sitharaman today said that politics should not be done over the issue of women’s safety. She also recalled the 1989 incident wherein the AIADMK chief and the then Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jayalalitha’s saree was pulled and she was humiliated. She further reminded the house of Jayalalitha’s vow never to return to the assembly unless she becomes the Chief Minister of the state.
#WATCH | FM says, "I agree that women suffering anywhere – Manipur, Delhi, Rajasthan – will have to be taken seriously. No politics played. But I want to remind this entire House of one incident which happened on 25th March 1989 in Tamil Nadu Assembly. Then she hadn't become CM… pic.twitter.com/DRUTV4qeIg
“I agree that women suffering anywhere – Manipur, Delhi, Rajasthan – will have to be taken seriously. No politics played. But I want to remind this entire House of one incident which happened on 25th March 1989 in Tamil Nadu Assembly. Then she hadn’t become CM Jayalalithaa’s saree was pulled in Tamil Nadu in the Assembly. She was the LoP. The DMK members who were seated there heckled her and laughed at her…Has DMK forgotten Jayalalithaa? You pulled her saree, you demeaned her. That day Jayalalithaa took an oath that she will never come to the House unless she becomes the CM. Two years later, she returned as the CM of Tamil Nadu,” Sitharaman said.
