BRAWL IN HOUSE AS MPS PUSH, SHOVE EACH OTHER

Two BJP MPs hurt in the drama that unfolded in the morning as BJP and Opposition MPs marched towards each other over Amit Shah's comments on Ambedkar. As the two groups came closer, tempers and voices rose, soon resulting in a melee.

In unprecedented developments reflecting animosity between ruling and Opposition parties, rival MPs screamed and shoved in the forecourt of Parliament on Thursday injuring two BJP MPs. Ironically, the unsavoury scenes happened after fierce debate inside the House on 75 years of the Constitution to preserve the dignity of B R Ambedkar.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was the target BJP charges as two of its MPs were hospitalised with injuries. A woman MP said the Congress leader “misbehaved” with her.

Speaking in Rajya Sabha, BJP MP from Nagaland S Phangnon Konyak alleged that Gandhi came in her “close proximity” and shouted at her during the protest outside the Parliament’s Makar Dwar which made her feel “extremely uncomfortable”.

In a letter to the Rajya Sabha chairman, she claimed that Rahul Gandhi along with other party MPs came in front of her despite there being a passage created for them by security personnel.

“He misbehaved with me in a loud voice and his physical proximity to me was so close that I being a lady member felt extremely uncomfortable... I belong to the ST community and I am a lady member. My dignity and self-esteem have been deeply hurt by LoP Shri Rahul Gandhi ji.Therefore, Hon’ble Chairman sir, I seek your protection,” she wrote.

The drama unfolded in the morning as BJP and Opposition MPs marched towards each other over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments on Ambedkar. As the two groups came closer, tempers and voices rose, soon resulting in a melee.