Parliament session: 'Cong has become parasite, feeds on allies:' PM's attack on opposition

Over a dozen students were detained while attempting to march towards the parliament to protest against alleged irregularities in competitive exams. 

Carrying posters and banners with slogans like "sack Union Education Minister" and "NTA must go" written over them, students staged demonstration against the reported incidents of paper leak and corruption in the medical entrance exam.

PM Narendra Modi says, "This is the third biggest defeat in the history of Congress. It would have been better if Congress had accepted its defeat and respected the mandate of the people but they are busy doing some 'Sirsasana' and Congress and its ecosystem are trying to establish in the minds of the citizens of India that they have defeated us...Bachhe ka mann behlane ka kaam chal raha hai."

PM Narendra Modi says, "The people of this country have given a mandate to the Congress in the 2024 elections and the mandate of this country is that you sit there, sit in the opposition and when the arguments end, keep shouting."

PM Narendra Modi says, "Our third term means we will work at three times the speed, we will put in three times the energy. Our third term means we will give three times the results to the people of the country."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, "...There was a period of scams when it was shamelessly accepted publicly that if 1 rupee is sent from Delhi, only 15 paise reaches. In 1 rupee, there is a scam of 85 paise. This world of scams had drowned the country in the depths of despair. There was policy paralysis, we were in the fragile 5...If a poor person wants to buy a house, he had to give bribe of thousands of rupees. For gas connection, people had to make rounds to the MPs and even then they did not get a gas connection..."

PM Narendra Modi says, "There was a time before 2014 when terrorists could come and attack wherever they wanted. Innocent people were killed, every corner of India was targeted and the governments used to sit quietly. 2014 ke baad ka Hindustan ghar mein ghus kar maarta hain..."

PM Narendra Modi says, "...I assure the countrymen that we have taken the resolution of Viksit Bharat and we will make efforts to fulfil that resolution and we will do it with full dedication and honesty and we will spend every moment of our time to fulfil this resolution..."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, "This country has seen the politics of appeasement for a long time and the model of governance of appeasement for a long time...'Hum tushtikaran nahi santushtikaran ke vichaar ko lekar chalein hai'..."

Opposition MPs are disrupting PM Modi's speech as they raise slogans over Manipur violence.

PM Narendra Modi says, "...The country has blessed us for our zero-tolerance policy towards corruption. Today India's credibility has increased across the world...The sole aim of our every policy, every decision, every action has been India first."

PM Narendra Modi replies to Motion of Thanks on the President's Address, in the Lok Sabha.

He says "Yesterday and today, several MPs have expressed their views of the President's address, especially those who have come among us for the first time as Parliamentarians. They followed all the rules of the Parliament and their behaviour was like that of an experienced Parliamentarian and despite being the first timer, they have enhanced the dignity of the House and have made this debate more valuable with their views..."

PM Modi in his address hit out at the opposition. He said, "Can understand of pain of some people who lost despite spreading lies."

PM Modi's address to the house begins.

LoP Rahul Gandhi has written letter to PM Modi ahead of his address in the lower house. Gandhi has demanded discussion on NEET tomorrow.

"Our aim is to engage constructively in the interest of 24 lakh NEET aspirants who deserve answers. I believe that it would be fitting if you were to lead this debate" reads the letter

PM Modi has arrived in Lok Sabha. He will shortly speak in the lower house and respond to LoP Rahul Gandhi's speech.

"This forceful expunction of portions of Rahul Ji's speech is inappropriate, because he spoke in favour of Hindus. Hindu believes in peace and non-violence. BJP people, who call themselves Hindus and don't believe in this, they are doing all this..."

On Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's speech, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray says, "Tell me what wrong did he say? Where did he insult (Hinduism)? He was not allowed to show the picture of Lord Shiva, is this Hindutva? We also raise slogans of Jai Shri Ram. The Prime Minister openly says Jai Shri Ram in election rallies. But if someone other than BJP says it in the Parliament, is it a crime? I do not believe that Rahul Gandhi insulted Hindutva yesterday. He said in clear words that BJP does not mean Hindutva. We are also Hindus and none of us will insult Hindutva and will not tolerate insult to Hindutva, and Rahul ji is also included in that. BJP does not mean Hindutva, our Hindutva is sacred..."

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy says, "Rahul Gandhi gave a speech in Parliament yesterday, he said that Hindus commit violence. I condemn his speech. Rahul Gandhi should understand that as long as there is a Hindu majority in India, there will be democracy. If Hindus are not in the majority, there will be no democracy in this country, there will be no Constitution either... He should immediately apologize to the people of India..."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address, in the Lok Sabha, at around 4 PM today.

Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday demanding that words removed from his speech against the central government led by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) be restored.

Congress Lok Sabha MP KC Venugopal lashed out at the central government over the recent canopy collapse incident at the Delhi airport and the Rajkot airport.

Addressing the lower house of Parliament, Venugopal said, "Delhi Airport roof collapsed, Jabalpur Airport roof collapse, Rajkot Airport canopy collapse, conditions of roads in Ayodhya is bad, leakage in Ram Mandir, cracks in Mumbai Harbour link road, three new bridges collapsed in Bihar, Pragati maidan tunnel submerged, all these constructions during the NDA period have collapsed. Under their rule, every building is under the threat of collapsing..."

"...I am challenging the Prime Minister to inquire about the electoral bonds... One of the biggest scams the country ever saw is the electoral bond scam... " he added. 

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma hit out at Rahul Gandhi over his speech in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Sharma said that Gandhi's speech was full of lies.

"Rahul Gandhi said there are Hindus in the BJP who despite calling themselves a Hindu spread hate. This is totally true...They (BJP) are misusing the name of Hindutva..." Congress MP Shashi Tharoor told reporters on Tuesday. 

Speaking during the debate, Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency K C Venugopal cited examples of BJP-NDA MPs using deities to gain votes and commented that god has punished the party, as evident by the recent Lok Sabha results.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said he will not trust EVMs even if he wins all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

"When the Model Code of Conduct was imposed, the government and the commission were favouring some people. I do not want to go into details. Somewhere a question has been raised on that institution as well," he said in an apparent reference to the Election Commission.

"I did not trust EVMs yesterday, I don't trust them today. And even if I win all 80 seats, I will not trust EVMs," he said. "... The issue of EVMs is not dead, and we Samajwadis will remain adamant on it," Yadav added.

To this, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla later said it would be better if questions were not raised on the impartiality of the Election Commission.

All India Trinamool Congress Kalyan Banerjee, the Serampore Lok Sabha Constituency MP during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the president's address urged speaker Om Birla to tell PM Narendra Modi to behave 'politely' with the opposition.

Speaking during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the president's address, Kannauj MP Akhilesh Yadav said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) defeat in Faizabad was perhaps the wish of Lord Ram.

"Hoi wahi jo Ram rachi rakha (Whatever Ram has planned will happen)."

Participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the president's address, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said the 2024 Lok Sabha polls marked the end of communal politics in India, and were a moral victory for the INDIA bloc.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister called June 4, the day the election results were declared, as the day of independence from communal politics for India.

"The whole India has understood that INDIA is pro-India. This election is the moral victory of INDIA. It is a victory of positive politics. It is victory of PDA, social justice movement. 2024's message is also full of responsibility for the INDIA bloc."

"This election is a new era of positive politics, pro-Constitution people have won, the Constitution has won... It is the end of top-down politics," he said.  

Parts of the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's explosive speech slamming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Monday (July 1) session have been expunged from records. 

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A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's controversial speech in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MPs to "follow the rules" of Parliament.

During the meeting at the Balyogi Audotortium in Parliament, the Prime Minister also advised the NDA MPs to ensure that their behaviour on the floor of the House is exemplary.

He advised the MPs "not to give unnecessary statements to the media, to devote time to their constituencies, and come to the Parliament with proper preparations."

Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in India's lower house of Parliament, Lok Sabha, on Monday (July 1) carried with him posters depicting Lord Shiva, and Sikh Guru Sri Guru Nanak Dev as he slammed the ruling BJP government for a "systematic and a full-scale assault".

Read more here: Rahul Gandhi slams PM Narendra Modi in parliament, says ‘you’re not a Hindu’