New Delhi: Almost all the opposition members in the Lok Sabha, including Rahul Gandhi, walked out of the House on Tuesday to protest the recent violence in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh.
The commotion started when Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav asked the Speaker, Om Birla, for permission to discuss a very serious issue—the deaths of five people in the violence. But the Speaker told him that the matter could be raised during the Zero Hour, which led Yadav and his colleagues to walk out in protest.
While SP members shouted slogans, DMK member A. Raja encouraged other opposition members, including Congress members, to join the protest. Some members of the NCP and Shiv Sena-UBT also stood up to support the SP. Rahul Gandhi then joined the protest on the floor.
While the protest was ongoing, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju spoke with Yadav about the issue. After some time, Yadav signaled to his party’s MPs to leave and the opposition members, including Gandhi, walked out together. They later returned to take part in the Question Hour.
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