After Rahul Gandhi, Congress Chief M Kharge's Parliament Remarks Deleted

Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday asked Rajya Sabha chairperson, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, why parts of his speech on Prime Minister Narendra Modi were scrubbed from parliament records, a day after similar action against party leader Rahul Gandhi.

"I don't think there was anything unparliamentary or accusatory against anyone in my speech... But a few words were misconstrued... If you have any doubt then you could have asked in a different way, but you have asked for my words in six places to be expunged," he said in Rajya Sabha.

The deletion of Rahul Gandhi's remarks - which means they cannot be reproduced in any form by the media - has triggered a major controversy, with the opposition accusing the government of censoring its statements in parliament.

"Why were my words expunged?" the Congress MP asked reporters as he headed into parliament during PM Modi's statement on Wednesday. On his way out, he said the Prime Minister had failed to answer the questions he raised a day ago.