“Business and Politics Live Updates: As the House met for the day, members from the Treasury benches raised the issue of the remarks by the Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge”.
‘Maafi’ remark row: Leader of House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal condemns Mallikarjun Kharge’s statement
-The Union Minister also demanded that Kharge should apologize for his remarks and said “He (Mallikarjun Kharge) should apologise to the BJP, the Parliament and the people of this country who formed the BJP govt with an absolute majority. He (Kharge) gave us a glimpse of his mindset and jealousy”
-“Yesterday, LoP Mallikarjun Kharge gave an indecent speech in Alwar. The language used is unfortunate. I condemn the manner in which he used indecent language, said baseless things & attempted to present lies before nation. I demand apology from him” Leader of House in RS, P Goyal
LoP in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge reacts to controversy over his remarks
“What I said during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan’s Alwar was outside the House. What I said was politically outside the House, not inside. There is no need to discuss that here. Secondly, I can still say that they had no role in the freedom struggle” Mallikarjun Kharge said
“If I repeat what I said outside, it’ll get difficult for them. ‘Maafi maangne waale log’ are asking people who fought the freedom struggle to apologise…I said Indira Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed themselves. Who among you gave your life for unity of this country?” the veteran Congress leader said in the Rajya Sabha.
Three terrorists killed in encounter underway between security forces and terrorists in J&K’s Shopian
-Three LeT terrorists were killed in an encounter that broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Munjh Marg area of the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir
-Two of the terrorists were identified as Lateef Lone of Shopian who was involved in the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit Purana Krishna Bhat and Umer Nazir of Anantnag involved in the killing of Till Bahadur Thapa of Nepal, according to the ADGP Kashmir.
-One AK-47 and two pistols were recovered.
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