BJP Jharkhand chief Babulal Marandi
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Bharatiya Janata Party Jharkhand chief Babula Marandi on Monday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. He said that Rahul keeps talking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Constitution, but does not talk about the wrongdoings of his grandmother. Marandi said that Rahul should apologize for the wrongdoings of his grandmother. Earlier, the Congress leader criticized PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah amid the controversy over the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as Protem Speaker. Claimed that both are attacking the Constitution.
Babulal Marandi said, looking at the way the opposition leaders held copies of the Constitution in their hands, I want to say that they acted like former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who destroyed the Constitution by imposing Emergency. I want to say that Rahul Gandhi should apologize for the wrongdoings of his grandmother.
Before Marandi’s reaction, opposition MPs of India Block reacted sharply to the appointment of seven-time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as Protem Speaker. They said that the BJP has appointed a Protem Speaker in a departure from the traditional practice of appointing a senior member. Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and India Block leaders staged a sit-in protest with copies of the Constitution in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament to protest against Mahtab being made the Protem Speaker.