Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday released two videos from February 4 in the Lok Sabha questioning the behavior of Congress MPs, saying the situation could have turned extremely ugly if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs were not restrained and women MPs were allowed to confront them directly.
“Congress party is proud of the most humiliating behavior of its MPs!! If we don’t suspend all BJP MPs and allow women MPs to face Congolese MPs, it would lead to a very ugly scene. We value protecting the dignity and sanctity of Parliament very much,” Rijiju said on X.
In the following post, he mentioned, “Who can justify such behavior by Honb’le MPs? The instruction from our leadership was very clear that we have to maintain the dignity of the house and no BJP MP should get into a physical confrontation with rude opposition MPs.”
What happened?
BJP MPs wrote to Speaker Om Birla accusing the opposition MP of besieging the Prime Minister’s chair and later aggressively approached the Speaker’s Chamber on 4 February. They urged the spokesman to take the “strongest possible action” against those involved in the alleged incident.
Women Congress MPs, in turn, sent a letter to Om Birla, alleging that the ruling party forced him to make “false, baseless and defamatory” allegations against them.
On Thursday, Birla said he had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to enter the House to avoid any untoward situation after receiving information that some Congress MPs might approach the Prime Minister’s chair and “resort to an unprecedented incident”.
Rijiju also endorsed a complaint by BJP women MPs to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing Congress MPs of crossing parliamentary boundaries.
“The BJP MPs, especially the women MPs, made a strong complaint to the Lok Sabha Speaker against the behavior of the Congress MPs. The Congress MPs crossed over to the Finance Ministry side. They crossed the bench where the Prime Minister is sitting and went behind the Finance Ministry side and almost besieged the entire area,” Rijiju said.
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha was again adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday after opposition MPs protested at the Well of the House.
The House of Commons was first adjourned shortly after convening from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and then again until 2:00 p.m. Rijiju alleged that while several opposition parties are willing to discuss the Union Budget 2026-27, the Congress is obstructing the functioning of Parliament.
(With input from agencies)
