Nishikant Dubey seeks action against Rahul for sharing Shah's 'edited' speech
New Delhi (PTI): Accusing Rahul Gandhi of showing "criminally edited" speech of Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has submitted a breach of privilege notice against the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha to Speaker Om Birla.
In his communication to Birla, Dubey alleged that Gandhi has exhibited yet another case of "political bankruptcy" by sharing on social media, especially X, the "edited" version of Shah's Rajya Sabha speech with the sole intent of stoking public sentiments and lowering the dignity of Parliament and the country.
The Congress has shared a short clip of Shah's speech during the discussion on the Constitution to accuse him of insulting B R Ambedkar, with the home minister charging the party with distorting his address.
He said the home minister in his speech had raised the objectionable treatment given to Ambedkar by none other than the first prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru.
He alleged that Gandhi cleverly and out-of-context quoted the parliamentary proceedings as well as Shah's speech with the ulterior motive of not only lowering the dignity of Parliament but also defaming him.
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Dubey said, "This time he (Gandhi) has surpassed all the limits of sensible behaviour expected from the Leader of Opposition of Lok Sabha and thus committed the offence of 'Breach of Parliamentary Privileges' and 'Contempt of the House' which calls for exemplary punishment."
The punishment, he said, could not be less that his immediate suspension from the House and its committees followed by thorough investigation by the Committee of Privileges.
It will be the prerogative of the Speaker now to decide what action to take on Dubey's letter.
The fourth term BJP MP alleged that Gandhi has a long list of parliamentary misdemeanours to please his "self-proclaimed harbinger of regime change" that is George Soros, a US-based billionaire investor and liberal activist.
He accused Gandhi of trying to foment unrest and claimed that it was no coincidence that "concocted" articles to target the government or statutory bodies are published just before a Parliament session and the Congress leader uses them to defame important functionaries and institutions.
He said, "Gandhi is a habitual offender of fomenting the sentiments of public on false and fabricated narratives."
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Andhra: Family receives dead body in box with Rs 1.3 crore demand
Yendagandi (Andhra Pradesh) (PTI): The dead body of a 45-year-old unidentified man was delivered to a family here in West Godavari district in a box with a demand for over Rs one crore claiming it to be the compounded amount of a loan taken years ago, police said on Friday.
The box was delivered at the under construction house of the family on Thursday night.
District superintendent of police Adnan Nayeem Asmi said the box was delivered to the family of four with a letter demanding them to pay up Rs 1.35 crore.
"Last night the body reached this place (under construction house)," Asmi told PTI, adding police were probing the case to unearth further details.
According to police sources, the box was delivered to Sagi Tulasi's under construction home at Yendagandi village in Undi mandal in an autorickshaw.
Incidentally, Tulasi's husband went missing more than 10 years ago and never returned home, prompting her to live with her parents
Asmi said Tulasi lived with her parents until her younger sister arrived and later she moved to a rented accommodation.
Later, Tulasi started constructing a house about one km away from her parents' home and started receiving help from a philanthropist, who had sent her high quality tiles and paints in September.
According to the police, the unidentified philanthropist told Tulasi that as they both belonged to the same caste and that she was a 'widow', he was helping her.
Similarly, a message was sent to Tulasi on Thursday that she would receive some electrical goods such as motors and other articles and the box was delivered, with the body in it, police said.
Upon discovering the corpse, Tulasi's family informed the police. Along with the body, they also found a letter which claimed that Tulasi's husband had taken a loan of Rs 3 lakh back in 2008, which has now compounded to Rs 1.35 crore.
"'So, if you don't want anything bad to happen, you should pay up", police said quoting from the letter, adding the family does not have such financial muscle. A property dispute angle was also being suspected.
"We are checking up on all the missing people in the last three to four days. After post mortem (of the body) we will get more clarity," said the SP.
Meanwhile, Asmi noted that the younger son-in-law of the family has been missing since yesterday.
