Congress General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP KC Venugopal on Friday gave notice of a question of privilege against the Prime
Minister of India for his alleged derogatory remarks against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
Countering the Wayanad MP's remarks on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Prasad said, " Sangh has done a great service for the nation. It is dedicated to the nation. Nehru ji used to criticize Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Indira ji also used to criticize, Rajiv ji also used to criticize and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Karnataka and inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects at Shivamogga and Belagavi. He also hit out at the Nehru-Gandhi family and alleged that some senior Congress leaders from Karnataka were "insulted".
Replying to the debate in Rajya Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President's address, PM Modi targeted Congress leaders who accuse the government of trying to obliterate the significance of the work done by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the Rajya Sabha in reply to the President's Address and took potshots at the Congress party asking why "people from their generation don't keep Nehru as their surname".
PM Modi also took potshots at Nehru-Gandhi family over several schemes and places named after their members and asked "why people from their generation don't keep Nehru as their surname"
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday attacked the Congress and the Gandhis over Salman Khurshid's statement that the party's main leaders were from the family, saying the election to pick the party's national president was nothing but a farce.
Accusing the Gandhi family of being embroiled in corruption and helping Robert Vadra in grabbing land from farmers in Rajasthan, Bhatia used the phrase "Kattar Papi Parivar", which would mean a "hardcore corrupt family."
After Congress leader Ajay Rai stoked fresh controversy over his "latke-jhatke" remark about Smriti Irani, the Union Minister on Tuesday asked if such "indecent" statements are made to "please" the Gandhi family.
He is a loyalist of the Gandhi family, Sukhu belongs to a middle-class family. He was active in politics from his student days and fought elections as an NSUI candidate. He was president of NSUI and the Indian Youth Congress in the state.