‘PM hiding behind Speaker’: Opposition sharply rebuts Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s remarks on Modi speech, Congress ‘conspiracy’ India News

New Delhi: Congress slams PM Narendra Modi For after “hiding behind the speaker” About Birla He said he had asked the prime minister not to come to the House of Representatives when he planned to respond to the president’s speech, citing the safety of the female congresswoman. The Lok Sabha finally passed a motion of thanks for the president’s speech, but the prime minister did not respond as usual.“The Prime Minister is hiding behind the Speaker. Yesterday, he did not have the courage to come to the House because three women were standing in front of the bench. What nonsense is this? There is no discussion because the government does not want to have a discussion,” Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi said on Thursday, soon after the Lok Sabha session was adjourned again within seconds.In addition, Congress leader Pawan Khera dismissed the speaker’s claims of “security issues” and said the women MPs had come to protest.Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to address the Lok Sabha at 5 pm on Wednesday. However, when proceedings began, female opposition leaders stood around the prime minister’s chair and put up posters in protest. The Prime Minister did not attend the House of Representatives and the speech was eventually cancelled.Om Birla claimed that the MPs “may have created an inappropriate incident near the Prime Minister’s chair” and therefore advised the Prime Minister not to visit the House.“Are the Modi government and their compliant journalists trying to say that women are inherently violent? Are women’s protests considered terrorism? Are the Modi government and their compliant journalists uncomfortable with a Dalit woman MP standing up? Do they think they are untouchable?” Keira responded to these claims.“The Modi government and its servile journalists should apologize to the women of the country, especially Dalit women,” he added.The opposition has been protesting against the Centre’s proposed Indo-US trade deal, claiming it will harm farmers and agriculture, the suspension of eight opposition legislators during the budget session, the alleged marginalization of the Congress in conveying key policy decisions, and the controversy surrounding the memoirs of former Army Chief Naravane, which Rahul Gandhi cited when accusing the government of harming national interests, leading to heightened tensions inside and outside the House.