Major opposition parties to bring privilege motion against Irani in Parliament


New Delhi, Feb 27, (PTI) : Escalating the battle in Parliament, major opposition parties today said they will bring privilege motion against HRD Minister Smriti Irani over her remarks in Parliament on the suicide of dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderbad central university.

Congress along with CPI(M) and JD(U) accused Irani of "willfully misleading" Parliament, hitting back at the minister who had targeted Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and the Left during a debate on JNU and Hyderabad University controversies.

"The HRD Minister has not only been economical with truth but has also willfully misled Parliament on the unfortunate suicide of a young Dalit student, Rohith Vemula", Congress general secretary Mukul Wasnik and senior spokesperson Selja alleged.

Wasnik told reporters that the Congress planned to bring privilege motion in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha soon, while CPI(M) leader Mohd Saleem said he would be doing so on Monday.

"I will be giving a notice for breach of privilege against Irani to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for misleading the House on Rohith Vemula issue," Saleem said.

JD(U) leader and Rajya Sabha MP K C Tyagi said that he and nominated member KTS Tulsi will give privilege notice against Irani to Chairman Hamid Ansari on Monday.

"There are contradictions in many statements of Irani regarding Rohith Vemula case. This is a fit case of breach of privilege," Tyagi said.

They cited the outburst of Radhika, Rohith's mother, against the HRD Minister and accused the BJP of being anti-dalit.

Radhika had attacked the HRD Minister questioning as to on what basis did she declare Rohith to be anti-national? "Your Ministry had written that my Rohith and other Dalit students were anti-national extremists. You said that he is not a Dalit. You accused him of getting a false certificate."

They alleged that these strong words from a mother "who has lost her son to BJP and in particular the HRD Minister's campus politics is a stamp of how recklessly and ruthlessly their party is hell bent on clamping down the voices of dissent."

The HRD Minister had also insinuated that Rohith is "not a Dalit", they said adding that this claim has also been rubbished by Radhika.

Wasnik said that it was believed that the HRD Minister would try to "heal" Rohith's family but instead Irani has rubbed salt on their wounds.

Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said Irani was "too clever by half and then you get caught in your own web and that's exactly what has happened to the HRD Minister".

"She has been extremely creative and economical with truth and that is why she will face a privilege motion," he said.

  

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  • Michael Noronha, Mysuru

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Smriti Irani from the time of her swearing in as Minister HRD till date has landed herself and the Modi Govt., in soup. From her degree episode to the Rohit issue she is pushing the government to and fro, from the frying pan into the fire. If the PM has mustered enough courage Smriti is a fit case to be dropped from the cabinet. Just because she has a loose tongue to berate the Gandhi family all the time, should not be the reason to keep her in the limelight and the cause to evoke cheap thrills among her partymen. It will cost the Modi Government dearly at the hustings.

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  • Kishore M Rai, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    I am sorry to tell you that there are lots of fake certificates claiming backward class all over India specially AP and Tamil Nadu to obtain reservation quotas in education. Few years back one of my colleague working in gulf went to India to get the fake certificate from India and he was successful. So the certificate may be fake and the HRD is having the proof.

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  • Lily Grace, Mangalore/Dubai

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    HARD minister Smith Irani telling lies. She still in the serials. My request for her to step down and take up acting again. People will like her acting in serials. She cannot tell lies in parliament.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Promenade Road,Frazer Town,B'lore

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Privilege motion is the right recourse because telling lies in the parliament and misguiding the nation is a serious charge against the responsible HRD Minister.

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  • Ramesh S, MANGALORE

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    ..the way she is targetted by Congress, one day she will become a CM or PM..CONGRESS did it with MODI and with KEJRI..History tells us that people who had humble begining, faced lot of hardship will succeed in life..CONGRESS following political untouchability with BJP leaders, which makes these leaders further strong..

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    @Ramesh ji- The crux of the matter is that irrespective of her fiery speech, Smriti LIED and MISLED the nation in parliament.

    I hope you understand the significance of LIES.

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  • Suman, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Mrs.Smriti Irani will become more and more famous by all these stupid activities of media and opposition. Even Mr.Modi faced constructive attack from media and opposition what happened next is everyone knows. All the best Mrs.Smriti Irani.

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  • Alphonso Rodrigues, Udupi

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    You read my mind. By creating a huge opposition, means making the enemy better than it is. These fools dont know that. I would not be surprised if she is a contender for the next PM. If Rahul can , why cant she?

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  • Jp, Mangalore/Dubai

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Dreams are good but one should have at least some limits !:)

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Majority opposition??? it means few opposition Parties feels she was right

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  • Ronald D, Udupi

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Modi having tough time with low education, low caliber ministers...along with several MP's competing for same!

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  • Stan, Udupi/ Dubai

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    She still thinks that she is acting in serials rather than participating in parliamentary debate. zoot ki rani should be the name of her next serial.

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  • monu, perla

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    "To hide a lie, a thousand lies are needed."

    Whenever you lie, you have to project more lies to support the same. One thing leads to another, and before you know it one small lie has snowballed into a giant mash of lies. "bacha, police, certificate, phone call etc..""

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  • NP SHETTY, dubai

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    bjp govt doest require a certificates, from pseudo minorities. smriti irani is very efficient to manage, that a why rahul gandhi, ran out of parliament, because of fear of Mrs IRANI

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    What you can't see from faraway Dubai, people of Amethi can see very well and accordingly they have shown right places to Rahul and Irani

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  • Robert Pais, Mangalore

    Mon, Feb 29 2016

    pseudo minorities- NP SHETTY

    Shettre - who is a pseudo minority? so far we had pseudo secular in fashion and then came anti nationals and after that pseudo nationals.

    Who are pseudo minorities?

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  • Ravi B Shenava, Mangaluru

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Kyun ki Minister bhee abhi Sinister hai.

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  • Christine, Mangalore / Kuwait

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Dear Jossey, Mumbai

    Well said!! What is her qualification to become HRD Minister of India!! Only corrupted Government can select her.

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  • Veerappa D N , Madikeri

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Some idiot is projecting her as Chief Minister candidate of BJP for next Assembly election in U.P.
    She is a Punjabi Malhotra and hence she will not be acceptable in U.P.

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  • ca girishkk, m'lore/dxb

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Without prejudice,..on a lighter side..,

    One more hard hit on the nail(Vemula incidence) of BJP's political coffin.

    The country is getting ready for the BJP's political dead march in 2019.

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  • Santosh,K, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    She must resign from Her post. How many days she have taken to prepare her speech in parliament. Everything gone in vain.

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  • Hussain, Abudhabi

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    This is the problem if 10th fail becomes HRD minister

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  • KRPrabhu, B'luru

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    We need many Smitis to tame Italian waitress and her daari thappida maga....who really understood woman empowerment now a dear subject for him !!!

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    How many heads does the Irani dame has Mr. Prabhu ? Just one like me and you - right ? She has offered to sever that head and place it on Mayawathi's feet if saffronization of education is proved.

    There is very good example to prove saffronization in Punnya Koti story, where a tiger jumps down the gorge and dies but the moral of story is mislead to preach refraining from eating beef instead of truthfulness.

    Tell me, will the minister sever her head ? Upon being questioning Mayawathi to sever her head, Irani told her to come and cut it. Is this a house of principles or a drama stage ?

    And, you are saying she is enough for mother and son ? You seem to be performing in Irani's similarity ??

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  • shankar, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Pity you.
    Even after looting India continuously for 10 years by various scams you still have a praise for Soga Raga duo!! They have written a history of maximum number of scams in any of the govts till date!!

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  • Alphonso Rodrigues, Udupi

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Rohith is dead lets move forward. So much for a 'Memon' sympathizer. As if Sonia Gandhi is any competent for anything...or for that matter Rahul Gandhi - He is literally unemployable for anything, His own supporters say that,

    When Irani starts giving reply to the privilege motion, the whole opposition would be missing from both the houses specially SONIA-RAHUL,she would tear them apart again. How sheepish he looked last time,

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  • KRPrabhu, Bangaluru

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Mande bechcha malpare balli...
    There are few terminolgies in English lanuage to express feelings, many time hidden...one such being "to read in between the lines".....

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  • Lydia Lobo, Kadri

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    You hit a stone and run away advising others 'Mande beccha malpere balli' ?? Either stay there and see what/where the stone hits and receive the consequences or, get inside your cocoon !

    Writing something trusting that readers will read between the lines is ambiguity. The more clear you make yourself, the more transparency will prevail !

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    In the midst of the speech on 'the dead child', Drama Queen Minister forgot how she wrote 5 letters to the V-C causing the suspension of Rohit.

    Smriti MUST resign on moral grounds.

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  • A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Mr. Modi's appointment of the serial actress for a very important Ministerial portfolio is now greatly challenged.

    Her overconfidence and arrogance to take off the Christmas day from the Indian calendar in 2014 as the primary agenda of her authority to cause fear and panic to the minority Christian community of India, which was totally opposed by the Hindus-Muslims and the rest of the people in India, she will be paying a price starting with that act.

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  • Anees, KARKALA

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    What is the next position????? Again dishwasher...Age problem...

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, UDUPI/NEW YORK,USA.

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Kudos to the major opposition parties. Your action is right. Smriti Irani's remarks in the parliament was not tolerable and went against the Dalits especially to the deceased family members. Even if you apologise, nobody will forgive and forget what you said.

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    Who care the anti nationalist move.

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  • Jp, Mangalore/Dubai

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    All nationalist. Thats why they are kicking a.. of Yale graduate !

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    BJP won the election on lies but it can't go on for ever. Now they are caught by voters. Irani has created controversies one after another. She is a liability to Modi.

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  • ca girisihkk, m'lore/dxb

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    by the way..., when is our honorable PM's next foreign visit...? to which country...?

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  • Amigo, Mangalore

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    Ab Shuru Hoga Naya Serial-"Kyon Ki Actress Bhi Khabi Waitress Thi."

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  • JK, Udupi

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    My sixth sense says, Smriti Irani will be Prime Minister one day. She has all the qualifications to become so.

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  • prem, moodbidri

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    @ jossy
    Plz don't under estimate Iranian nautanki... If she can manage mighty HRD Ministry without even completing her pre-university, why cant she manage Canteen, which she has good experience???

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  • Haneef, Dubai

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    Now smriti will issue notice to the company who prepared her speech. May be she paid huge amount of money to write a script , but sadly it failed.

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  • Sunil D'souza , Udupi /dubai

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Haneef,you are mocking your congress party. Sonia cannot utter one sentence without reading, so as rahul and many congress leaders.
    See modi and smriti irani Speak hours without reading.

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  • Robert Pais, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Is reading alone is enough?

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  • Juliet Mascarenhas, Bejai

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    Waitress cum actress should forget that parliament is a war house and maintain the dignity of the house.The parliament should be more productive .Anti minorities, Anti Dalits ,weaker section attackers are the anti Nationals and if the same trend continues, NDA will be the worst loosers in running the Govt

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  • Langoolacharya., Belman/Washington,DC.

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    Bejaimai,

    Corruption and shamelessness of CONgress is responsible for bringing in Modi,Smriti,Adityanath,Prachi,Uma etc to parliment...

    When you had ministers like Moily,Raja,Kapil,Salman etc what you think would have happened other than this???

    Now relax, till 2019 and expect Arvind,Bhandumaam etc to replace them...patience is a virtue Bejaimai...

    ...JH...

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  • JK, Udupi

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    @Langool , you forgot madam Sonia in that list. Did you forget Swiss bank account?

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  • Robert Pais, Mangalore

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    The Drama I watched( speech by the HRD minister) was scripted and appeared to be a TV soap opera.

    Half truths cannot be truths. The real issue was subverted and issue of pamphlets raised by minster in my opinion was rightly condemned by the opposition.The real debate was – about freedom of expression in the Universities. The real debate was needed to address if the Video was doctored. The real debate needed answers to the letter written by the HRD minister pressurizing the University officials.

    The real debate needed to address : if the student leaders only fault was to have a different point of view other than ABVP.
    In my personal view: the quantum of response to some fringe group of students exploiting the protest to shout anti India slogans was very disproportionate.Surely our country is much secure and strong to withstand some fringe Kashmiri students shouting anti-India slogans?

    It is not right to get worked up and brand everyone as anti-national if some others who created mischief.
    What is troubling to me is – the way the honorable HRD minister instead of addressing the real issue and if there were mistakes by the administration, duly acknowledging and moving ahead to do business of the parliament, did go to great lengths, try to bring in the pamphlet issues to cause hurt religious sentiments of people.

    It will be a very high embarrassing moment for the government if the investigation reveals that was video doctored. Surely BJP government has serious issues like budget and economy to worry about ? China’s steady decline means there is decline in the sensex and as the RBI governor rightly pointed out negative aftershocks to Indian economy. Surely these issues are important?
    Or is it that the government is trying to hide the bitter pill and giving us the India is shining mantra?

    Nationalism should be that of Tolerance, Accommodation and Mediation(TAN). Intolerance to differing views, biased noninclusive culture( enemy within has created wars,genocides.

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  • Valerian D'souza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    Union Minister V.K. Singh & Irani openly gave anti-dalit statements and their party is making all out effort to clamp down the voices of dissent.

    BJP MP's like Sakshi Maharaj, Subramanian Swamy, Mahanth Yogi Adityanath, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti openly gave anti minority statements.
    Their statements are defying the rights enshrined in the constitution of minorities and dalits.
    Yet no action is taken on them. By all this are they going to make India a stronger Nation?

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  • Ramesh S, MANGALORE

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    ..do anybody notice why there is Headline now a days on JAT riots?..because CONG##SS KA HAATH seen..

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    Smriti does not even deserve a job in our Parliament CANTEEN ...

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  • Langoolacharya., Belman/Washington,DC.

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    jossey,

    Smriti likes your former "Karma Bhumi" Mapusa/Calangute/Goa...for garment shopping...

    ...JH...

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Langool,
    For 'Shopping or Shoplifting' ...lol

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  • Ganesh, Bengaluru

    Sat, Feb 27 2016

    What about SoGa & RaGa???

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  • Harsh, Manglore

    Sun, Feb 28 2016

    Both are reserved for Amul advt

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