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Escalating the battle in Parliament, major opposition parties said on Saturday that they will bring a privilege motion against HRD Minister Smriti Irani over her remarks in Parliament on the suicide of dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University.
Congress along with CPI(M) and JD(U) accused Irani of “willfully misleading” Parliament, hitting back at the minister who had targeted Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and the Left during a debate on JNU and Hyderabad University controversies.
Wasnik told the reporters that the Congress has planned to bring privilege motion in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha soon while CPI(M) leader Mohd Saleem said he would be doing so on Monday.
JD(U) leader and Rajya Sabha MP KC Tyagi said that he and nominated member KTS Tulsi will give privilege notice against Irani to Chairman Hamid Ansari on Monday.
They cited the outburst of Radhika, Rohith’s mother, against the HRD Minister and accused the BJP of being anti-dalit. Radhika had attacked the HRD Minister questioning on what basis did she declare Rohith anti-national.
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