BJP to move privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi over speech

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government on several fronts including demonetisation, Goods and Services Tax (GST), unemployment, women safety and Rafale deal during a debate on the No-Confidence Motion in Lok Sabha on Friday.

Following the attack, Bharatiya Janata Party will move a privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha over his allegations that BJP has termed "false allegations."

A privilege motion is a notice by any member of either House of a state legislature or Parliament, against anyone who is accused of breach of privilege that parliament MPs enjoy.

The privilege motion can be moved against an individual, any in-house committee or even the entire house. 

During Rahul Gandhi's nearly 15 minutes of a stormy speech that was interrupted several times by BJP members, Gandhi focused his attack on issues where he felt the NDA government had failed since 2014. 

However, after his scathing attack on Prime Minister Modi, Gandhi walked up to him, hugged and shook hands.

Speaking during the No-Confidence Motion, Gandhi charged the government of causing hardships to the common man through its policies. 

"Youth in India trusted Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his every speech, he (PM) said he will give jobs to two crore youth but only four lakh people have got jobs, rest are still unemployed," Gandhi said. 

He compared the status of employment with China which gives jobs to 50,000 people in 24 hours.

Criticising the government for demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST), Gandhi said that the government policies have impacted several businesses. 

Reacting to Rahul Gandhi's attack on BJP, Union minister of Punjab, Harsimrat Kaur Badal said, "I asked Rahul Gandhi what you have done today? because he (Rahul Gandhi) had earlier called Punjabis 'nashedis'."

Senior Bollywood actress and BJP MP Kirron Kher said,"Rahul Gandhi should be ashamed, he can't target our ministers without any proof. He was doing drama in the house and hugging Modi ji. I think his next step will be Bollywood. We will have to send him there".

Meanwhile, Narendra Modi will speak on No-Confidence Motion after 6:30 pm new agency ANI reported.