Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi speaks in the house during the Budget Session, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday accused Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of misleading the nation and moved a substantive motion against him in the Parliament, seeking termination of his Parliamentary membership and a lifetime ban on the Congress leader from contesting elections.
Nishikant Dubey was speaking to reporters outside the parliament when he said, “I have moved a motion in Lok Sabha today against Rahul Gandhi on how he is misleading the nation with the help of forces like (George) Soros, who want to harm the nation.”
He was referring to Hungarian-American billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros, who is often accused by right-wing organisations worldwide of supporting liberal causes.
The BJP MP’s action comes a day after Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha speech, in which he accused the ruling government of compromising India’s national interests in the trade deal with the United States, saying, “You have sold India.”
Earlier, Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said BJP members would file a Breach of Privilege notice against Gandhi “for misleading the House and also making baseless statements”.
However, Dubey said he has chosen to pursue a different course of action than a privilege notice – a substantive motion, which initiates discussion on significant issues.
Sources also told HT that the government will not move a privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi but will seek expungement of more words and lines from his speech from the records.
Farmers’ voice ‘completely ignored’ when taking decisions on their future: Rahul
A day after a heated exchange in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took to social media platform X, asserting that he stands “firmly with the issues of workers and farmers and with their struggle.”
“Today, millions of workers and farmers across the country are on the streets, raising their voice for their rights. Workers fear that the four Labour Codes will weaken their rights. Farmers are apprehensive that trade agreements will strike a blow to their livelihood,” the Congress leader said.
Rahul further said that weakening MGNREGA would take away the support of villages, adding that farmers’ voices had been “completely ignored” while taking decisions “regarding their future.” He questioned whether PM Modi would “listen now”. “Will Modi ji listen now? Or is the “grip” on him too strong?,” Rahul asked.
Heated exchange in Lok Sabha after Rahul’s speech
• Rahul Gandhi in his speech in Lok Sabha on Wednesday accused the Centre of compromising national interests for the US trade deal, while triggered protests.
• “You have sold India,” Rahul said, while framing India’s negotiating strength around its people and data. “If the Americans want to remain a superpower and protect their dollar, the key to that is Indian data,” he said.
• In his speech, Rahul also referred to US President Donald Trump, asking him to speak to Indians “as an equal.” “You are not going to talk to us as if we are your servants,” he said.
• Gandhi criticised tariff changes and alleged unequal commitments in trade, claiming that India had conceded too much while gaining little in return. He further said the Prime Minister would not have agreed to this deal “under normal circumstanced”, alleging that there is a “chokehold.”
• The LoP’s remarks led to a heated exchange between him and union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju. “First of all, no man has been born in this universe who can touch or sell India. Secondly, the country has never seen a Prime Minister better than Modi,” the union minister said.
• Rijiju said that Rahul’s remarks, as the Lok Sabha LoP, have “serious repercussions, and asked the Congress MP to authenticate his statements. Rahul agreed to do it “right now”, but was interrupted by Jagdambika Pal, who said the Chair had not sought it.
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Nishikant Dubey was speaking to reporters outside the parliament when he said, “I have moved a motion in Lok Sabha today against Rahul Gandhi on how he is misleading the nation with the help of forces like (George) Soros, who want to harm the nation.”
He was referring to Hungarian-American billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros, who is often accused by right-wing organisations worldwide of supporting liberal causes.
The BJP MP’s action comes a day after Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha speech, in which he accused the ruling government of compromising India’s national interests in the trade deal with the United States, saying, “You have sold India.”
Earlier, Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said BJP members would file a Breach of Privilege notice against Gandhi “for misleading the House and also making baseless statements”.
However, Dubey said he has chosen to pursue a different course of action than a privilege notice – a substantive motion, which initiates discussion on significant issues.
Sources also told HT that the government will not move a privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi but will seek expungement of more words and lines from his speech from the records.
Farmers’ voice ‘completely ignored’ when taking decisions on their future: Rahul
A day after a heated exchange in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took to social media platform X, asserting that he stands “firmly with the issues of workers and farmers and with their struggle.”
“Today, millions of workers and farmers across the country are on the streets, raising their voice for their rights. Workers fear that the four Labour Codes will weaken their rights. Farmers are apprehensive that trade agreements will strike a blow to their livelihood,” the Congress leader said.
Rahul further said that weakening MGNREGA would take away the support of villages, adding that farmers’ voices had been “completely ignored” while taking decisions “regarding their future.” He questioned whether PM Modi would “listen now”. “Will Modi ji listen now? Or is the “grip” on him too strong?,” Rahul asked.
Heated exchange in Lok Sabha after Rahul’s speech
• Rahul Gandhi in his speech in Lok Sabha on Wednesday accused the Centre of compromising national interests for the US trade deal, while triggered protests.
• “You have sold India,” Rahul said, while framing India’s negotiating strength around its people and data. “If the Americans want to remain a superpower and protect their dollar, the key to that is Indian data,” he said.
• In his speech, Rahul also referred to US President Donald Trump, asking him to speak to Indians “as an equal.” “You are not going to talk to us as if we are your servants,” he said.
• Gandhi criticised tariff changes and alleged unequal commitments in trade, claiming that India had conceded too much while gaining little in return. He further said the Prime Minister would not have agreed to this deal “under normal circumstanced”, alleging that there is a “chokehold.”
• The LoP’s remarks led to a heated exchange between him and union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju. “First of all, no man has been born in this universe who can touch or sell India. Secondly, the country has never seen a Prime Minister better than Modi,” the union minister said.
• Rijiju said that Rahul’s remarks, as the Lok Sabha LoP, have “serious repercussions, and asked the Congress MP to authenticate his statements. Rahul agreed to do it “right now”, but was interrupted by Jagdambika Pal, who said the Chair had not sought it.
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Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: BJP should adopt slogan of ‘dependent-on-others-reliance’, says Akhilesh Yadav
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: Samajwadi Party chief and Lok Sabha MP Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said instead of self-reliance, BJP should adopt the slogan of “dependent-on-others-reliance.”
Samajwadi Party leaders held banners in protest outside the Parliament against the India-US trade deal. Sharing a video of this on X, Yadav said, “This deal is not just against the farming and labor of our country, but against every kind of produce and production, work and business, and employment,” Yadav alleged.
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Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: BJP’s Nishikant Dubey writes to LS Speaker Birla, urges inquiry into Rahul’s ‘unethical conduct’
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging an inquiry into what he termed as “unethical conduct” of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.
Dubey referred to “four serious misdemeanours” allegedly conducted by the Congress leader. “He (Rahul) has cunningly dragged the name of former Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Mukund Naravane, by quoting his unpublished book with the ulterior motive of defaming the Indian Army vis-a-vis the Ministry of Defence, along with shamefully involving our Prime Minister..” Dubey wrote in the letter, according to ANI news agency.
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Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: ‘Entire country witnessed conduct of LoP,’ says Anurag Thakur
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Thursday responded to the remarks of Lok Sabha Leader of Oppodition Rahul Gandhi.
“The entire country has witnessed the conduct and uncivil behaviour of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. Not following the rules of the House inside the House… If a Union Minister is giving a statement outside the House, then interrupting that statement,” Thakur told ANI news agency.
He further questioned whether these are “the values of Congress leaders.” “… Is Rahul Gandhi above all the rules of the country?… There is a deficiency in his values and thinking…”he added.
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Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: Cong’s Venugopal accuses govt of ‘double standards’
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal accused the government of double standards after Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi’s remarks were expunged from records.
“Whatever Rahul ji said is completely expunged from the records. Whatever Nirmala Sitharaman said, the same remarks were included in the records. The government has double standards…” PTI quoted Venugopal as saying. The Congress general secretary further alleged that the Parliament is “running for the government, not for the opposition.”
Feb 12, 2026 3:33:05 PM IST
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: ‘Not bothered about any motions,’ says Cong MP Venugopal
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: Congress MP K C Venugopal on Thursday asserted that the party was “not bothered” by any motions.
This came after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey moved a substantive motion against Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in the Parliament, seeking termination of his Parliamentary membership and a lifetime ban on the Congress leader from contesting elections.
“We are not bothered about any motions and if you want to hang us, we are ready for that also,” Venugopal said, according to PTI. He alleged that Opposition had “not been getting justice from the chair.”
Feb 12, 2026 2:57:25 PM IST
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: Piyush Goyal says Rahul Gandhi ‘misleading nation with baseless allegations’
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: When asked about LoP Rahul Gandhi’s statement in Parliament, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said, “It is unfortunate that Rahul Gandhi attempts to mislead the nation with baseless and false allegations, making careless and unfounded remarks about people.”
Goyal further slammed Gandhi saying, “He displays a childish behaviour in Parliament, ignoring the established rules, regulations, and traditions of the House.”
“Instead of engaging in serious debates, he resorts to vulgar remarks and unauthorised issues, undermining the dignity of the Parliament…It is beyond imagination that anyone would try to tarnish India’s image on false grounds…India will not forgive such attempts, and the people will give a fitting response to Rahul Gandhi,” PTI news agency reported.
Feb 12, 2026 2:52:18 PM IST
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: Congress leader downplays BJP’s motion against Rahul Gandhi
Parliament Budget Session Day 12 LIVE: Congress MP KC Venugopal on Thursday said the party is prepared to face the BJP’s privilege motion against Rahul Gandhi.
“We are ready to face privilege motion… The last time they tried to cancel his membership, the people gave him more votes than PM Modi got. We will continue to tell the truth in the Parliament,” he said.
Venugopal also accused the government of pressuring the Chair to limit Opposition voices.
“Continuously, we have been complaining that we are not getting justice from the Chair. The government is pressuring the Chair not to give the Opposition a chance to speak. I got to know what Rahul Gandhi said was expunged”.
