Lok Sabha: Winter Session concludes amid uproar over RaGa's 'rape in India' remark

12:47 December 13

Rahul Gandhi rape remarks: Rajnath says such members have no moral right to be in LS

Lok Sabha proceedings on Friday were adjourned twice, first for half an hour and then for another 15 minutes amid uproar over Rahul Gandhi's reported remarks about rape in the country, with Union minister Rajnath Singh saying such members do not have the moral right to be in the House.

Attacking the Wayanad MP, Singh, who is also the Deputy Leader in the Lower House, said such leaders have no moral right to be members of the House. Gandhi was present in the Lok Sabha at noon.
 

11:43 December 13

Kanimozhi, DMK on Rahul Gandhi's 'rape in India' remark: "PM said 'Make in India', which we respect, but what is happening in the country? That is what Rahul Gandhi intended to say. Unfortunately, Make in India is not happening and women in the country are being raped. This is a concern."

11:17 December 13

Union Minister Smriti Irani in Lok Sabha on Rahul Gandhi's 'rape in India' remark: "This is the first time in history that a leader is giving a clarion call that Indian women should be raped. Is this Rahul Gandhi's message to the people of the country?"

10:16 December 13

LOK SABHA: Ruckus over Rahul Gandhi's 'rape in India' remark

New Delhi: The BJP on Friday launched a blistering attack in the Lok Sabha on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his reported rape remarks and sought his apology.

As soon as Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to the those who lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said several BJP members had given notices of adjournment against Gandhi's remarks and they be allowed to speak.

Meghwal said Gandhi's remarks in Jharkhand's Godda district on Thursday were condemnable and he should apologise in the House.

Meghwal said there had been precedents where members have apologised in the Lok Sabha for remarks made outside the House.

BJP MP Locket Chatterjee said Gandhi had insulted women by making remarks that 'Make in India' had become 'rape in India'.

She said all men were not rapists. There was a commotion in the House as BJP members raised slogans seeking apology from Gandhi.