Rahul Gandhi’s speech sparks controversy in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday witnessed a riot after Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the petroleum and natural gas minister during his speech on the energy crisis. Hardeep Puri His name allegedly appeared in a US sex offender file. He also attacked the government for exempting India from buying crude oil from Russia. “It is a very puzzling fact why a country as big as India would allow any other country...the president of another country allowed us to buy Russian oil…I have solved the puzzle. The difficulty is compromise,” he said, referring to Puri’s alleged connections.This resulted in the suspension of proceedings in the House of Representatives, forcing the Speaker About Birla intervened, saying the member could not raise the issue, even though Gandhi maintained that he was talking about energy and economic security. Opposition members then entered the House and Puri had to read out his statement amidst chants.