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India’s opposition MPs and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators on Thursday raised allegations of manhandling against each other outside Parliament.
A row broke out after BJP MP and former Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi alleged that he was standing near the stairs outside Parliament when Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament), pushed another MP onto him.
Another BJP MP, Mukesh Rajput, was also allegedly injured in the scuffle, said the Hindi nationalist party. Both of them were taken to Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, peports Scroll.in
On the other hand, the Congress alleged that party president Mallikarjun Kharge fell on the ground after he was pushed by BJP MPs.
Gandhi alleged that legislators of the Hindi nationalist party had also “pushed and threatened” him while he was trying to enter Parliament.
The scuffle came amid the Opposition’s protest inside the Parliament complex, alleging that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had insulted BR Ambedkar during his speech in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the Congress demanded that Shah apologize and tender his resignation. “India will not tolerate Dr Ambedkar’s insult,” Kharge had said.
