From uproar over Azad`s RSS-ISIS remarks to Rahul Gandhi`s citizenship issue: What all happened in Parliament

Written By Ritesh K Srivastava | Last Updated: Mar 15, 2016, 00:48 AM IST | Source: Zee News

The Rajya Sabha on Monday witnessed uproarious scenes after the ruling BJP demanded explanation from the Congress party over its senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad`s controversial remarks comparing the RSS with the Islamic State shortly after the Upper House met for normal business.

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  • Request Modi govt to shut down 'fair & lovely' scheme, take decisive action in Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya case: Congress.

  • Vijay Mallya is therefore attacking everyone including media because his approach is simple, "you give loan and leave me alone": Congress

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  • We will deal with that: Congress vice president on showcause notice issued to him by Parliamentary Ethics Committee on citizenship row.

  • We will deal with that: Congress vice president on showcause notice issued to him by Parliamentary Ethics Committee on citizenship row.

  • Have today asked the Govt to assess damage of farmers affected by hailstorm and provide them compensation immediately: Rahul Gandhi

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  • He (Azad) should understand what is ISIS: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

     

  • The Leader of the Opposition should realize that this time he has somewhere slipped on this comment: Jaitley

  • I believe knowingly or unknowingly you (Azad) have given some respectability to the ISIS, which you should have avoided: Arun Jaitley

    The exact quote were, "We oppose organisations like ISIS, the way we oppose RSS", clarifies Azad

  • Azad reads part of his speech about the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh that has triggered a political controversy.

    I request BJP parliamentarians to go into a room to listen to this CD: Azad

    If anything wrong is found in it, you can move privilege motion: Azad

    This is CD of my speech. GN Azad

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  • I have said nothing wrong: GN Azad

  • Congress party must apologize for statement made by Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad: MA Naqvi

     

    Speaking on Saturday at an event organised by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, Ghulam Nabi Azad had drawn a parallel between the RSS and the ISIS, saying “So, we oppose organisations like ISIS, the way we oppose RSS. If those among us in Islam too do wrong things, they are no way less than RSS.”

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Monday witnessed uproarious scenes after the ruling BJP demanded explanation from the Congress party over its senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's controversial remarks comparing the RSS with the Islamic State shortly after the Upper House met for normal business.


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