Protests At Parliament Turn Into Injury vs Injury Claims By BJP, Congress

New Delhi: 

Protest, counterprotests and brawls, and an attempt to murder police complaint against Rahul Gandhi – over Amit Shah’s “Ambedkar is the fashion” remark – all roiled Parliament Thursday, with the BJP and Congress trading allegations of each using force to prevent rivals from entering the building.

At the epicentre of the maelstrom – which began Monday with fury over Mr Shah’s quip about Dr Ambedkar – is an all-out attack by the BJP against Mr Gandhi and his “ego bigger than law”. The jabs were hurled by the BJP’s Anurag Thakur and Bansuri Swaraj after they were rushed to the Parliament Street Police Station to file a complaint over injuries allegedly inflicted on two colleagues by Mr Gandhi.

The MPs – Pratap Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput – were “seriously injured” by Mr Gandhi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju claimed, as the government and the opposition began the day with protests outside Parliament’s Makar Dawar. In a sarcastic quip aimed at Mr Gandhi – who holds a black belt in Aikido, a Japanese martial art – he also said, “Have you learnt karate, kung fu, to beat other MPs?”