TMC MP snatches papers from IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, tears them to items inside Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha session needed to be adjourned on Thursday after Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen snatched a press release paper from Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and tore it to bits as he rose to deal with the Pegasus snoopgate controversy.
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Rajya Sabha proceedings. (From 40-46sec)A excessive voltage drama unfolded in right this moment’s Rajya Sabha session when IT Minister Vaishnaw began to make a press release on the telephone tapping allegations. While TMC MP Sen rushed to grab the paper from Vaishnaw’s hand, another opposition MPs rushed to the Well of the House and raised slogans in opposition to the federal government.
Sen not simply snatched but additionally tore the paper into bits and threw it in the direction of the Deputy Chairman.
Deputy Chairman Harivansh urged the protesting MPs to return to their respective seats to permit Vaishnaw to finish his assertion. However, the snatching and tearing of the paper disallowed the Minister to finish his assertion and he as a substitute laid a duplicate of it on the desk of the House.
BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta in an interview to ANI stated, “It seems that some people of Opposition, notably some of the TMC MPs, got up & took the paper from the hands of the Minister (IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw while he was speaking on ‘Pegasus’) & tore it up. This is completely unseemly behaviour.”
It appears that some individuals of Opposition, notably a number of the TMC MPs, obtained up & took the paper from the palms of the Minister (IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw whereas he was talking on ‘Pegasus’) & tore it up. This is totally unseemly behaviour: Swapan Dasgupta, BJP Rajya Sabha MP pic.twitter.com/th4T0hmL5X— ANI (@ANI) July 22, 2021
“He was making a statement, you had a right to question him after that but instead of going in for a debate, is this the type of hooliganism we see inside the House? This is completely against all norms, I think it should be condemned out right,” he added.
He was making a press release, you had a proper to query him after that however as a substitute of getting into for a debate, is that this the kind of hooliganism we see contained in the House? This is totally in opposition to all norms, I feel it needs to be condemned out proper: Swapan Dasgupta, BJP Rajya Sabha MP— ANI (@ANI) July 22, 2021
The House has been adjourned until 11 am tomorrow.
Verbal warfare after the home was adjourned
As per an ANI report, an argument ensued between Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and TMC MP Sen after the latter’s misbehaviour.
Heated phrases exchanged between Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri & TMC MP Shantanu Sen after the latter snatched a paper from IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw whereas he was talking on ‘Pegasus Project’ report in Rajya Sabha— ANI (@ANI) July 22, 2021
A heated trade ensued between the 2 and was introduced underneath management after the intervention of marshals.
In Rajya Sabha: After adjournment of the House, a verbal feud ensued between BJP MPs & TMC MPs after MP Shantanu Sen snatched papers from the minister & tore it; marshals intervened to deliver the scenario underneath management— ANI (@ANI) July 22, 2021
Meanwhile, the Monsoon Session of the parliament that started this Monday did not do any enterprise as a result of steady nuisance by the Opposition members.