Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw slammed in front of the TMC on Friday, saying the party that has a “culture of violence in Bengal” is now trying to get the same thing into parliament.
The Minister for Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, struck the TMC on Friday. (Image: PTI)
Trinamool Congress (TMC) is trying to bring the “culture of violence” into parliament, information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Friday when he attended the party over Thursday’s incident that sparked a riot in Rajya Sabha met.
The trials in the Rajya Sabha got into chaos on Thursday when TMC MP Santanu Sen snatched the papers from Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw during his statement on Pegasus spyware Controversy and tore them up in the house.
One day after the incident Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu suspended Santanu Sen for the remainder of the monsoon session. The motion was accepted by vote and Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu asked Santanu Sen to leave the house.
Following the suspension of Santanu Sen, Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “The TMC has a culture of violence in Bengal. The same culture of violence that they want to bring into parliament. What message do you want to convey to the next generation of parliamentarians? “
#WATCH | IT Min Ashwini Vaishnaw says, "TMC has culture of violence in Bengal. They're trying to bring the same to Parliament. What message do they want to give to the next generation of Parliamentarians?"TMC’s Santanu Sen grabbed a piece of paper from his hands and tore it in RS y’day. pic.twitter.com/LezONBUJfh
— ANI (@ANI) July 23, 2021
OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT OVER PEGASUS CONTROVERSE
While the opposition is attacking the government over the Pegasus issue, the center has denied any involvement in the whole matter.
Opposition parties have alleged the Union government was involved in the alleged snooping according to media reports that Israeli spyware has been used in several countries, including India, to spy on activists, politicians, judges and journalists, among others. Even Some union ministers were on this list of potential snooping targets from Israel’s NSO group.
In response to these allegations, Ashwini Vaishnaw issued a statement describes the reports as “an attempt to slander Indian democracy and its well-established institutions”.
Meanwhile, the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), JP Nadda, accused the opposition of creating “obstacles” in the country’s development by disrupting parliament in order to “save” its political existence, the PTI news agency reported.
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