Ministers Making Threatening Remarks Against Opposition: Congress MP
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Gaurav Gogoi alleged that Union Ministers Rajiv Ranjan Singh and Ravneet Singh Bittu used threatening and unparliamentary language against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Sonia Gandhi, respectively.
Congress' deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday wrote to Speaker Om Birla, expressing deep concern over "deteriorating standards of parliamentary conduct" in the House as he cited instances of ministers allegedly making objectionable remarks against opposition leaders.
Gaurav Gogoi alleged that Union Ministers Rajiv Ranjan Singh and Ravneet Singh Bittu used threatening and unparliamentary language against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi, respectively.
In his letter to Birla, the Congress MP from Assam's Jorhat sought the Lok Sabha speaker's immediate intervention in the matter and hoped that he would take prompt action against those making "deplorable statements" against members of Parliament.
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