New Delhi, Apr 22 (NDTV): In his second speech in Parliament in three days, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today attacked the government on the issue of net neutrality, saying it was trying to distribute internet among big industrialists.

"Over 1 million people are fighting for net neutrality and the government is trying to carve out the net and hand it over to the corporates," Mr Gandhi said in Lok Sabha.

The 44-year-old had earlier put in a notice in Parliament for a discussion on the raging topic of net neutrality. He had sought the suspension of Question Hour to take up an issue that has united political parties across the spectrum and is being widely debated - net neutrality, or the principle that Internet service providers should treat all traffic on their networks equally and allow users to access all websites at the same speed and cost.

This was Mr Gandhi's second intervention in the Lok Sabha from the opposition benches, in just three days. On Monday, he made a speech on farmers' problems and took on the government, calling it a "suit-boot ki sarkar" that is out of touch with the sufferings of the poor.

From the farm crisis, Mr Gandhi moved today to a cause that his party believes has huge resonance among the youth.

"I am going to mention a few words about net neutrality in the Parliament just now, you will hear it," Mr Gandhi had earlier told reporters outside Parliament.

IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "It is a sensitive issue on which we need to take proper, informed decision. But our government believes in the need for non-discriminatory internet platform." Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he added, was himself a major supporter of activism by the youth on social media.

Rahul Gandhi attended Parliament on Monday for the first time in this budget session after a mysterious two-month sabbatical that included a stint in vipassana or meditation. After his much-talked about speech, his mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi said, "I always knew he would speak well, I always had confidence in him."

Excited Congress MPs discussed how Mr Gandhi's speech was trending at the top on Twitter with the hashtag #RahulRoars and demanded that he speak at least once every session.

Parliament speeches from Mr Gandhi, a parliamentarian since 2004, have been few and far between. He is widely tipped to take over as party president later this year.