New Delhi: The angry Congress party members who trooped into the well of the house in the Parliament over alleged atrocities against the Dalits in Punjab were out for a shock when their arch rivals- the BJP members walked up to them with roses.
When Speaker Sumitra Mahajan rejected notices for adjournment of the Question Hour including one on the Punjab Dalit issue, Congress members surged into the Well raising slogans against the Prime Minister and the SAD-BJP government in Punjab over the alleged chopping off of limbs of two dalit youth at a farmhouse in Abohar.
As Congress members shouted slogans like ‘PM sharam karo’ (PM shame, shame) and ‘dismiss Punjab government’, six BJP members entered the Well and staged this show of ‘Gandhigiri’.
Soon some senior BJP members pulled their party colleagues out of the Well and a few roses were seen lying on the table of the Lok Sabha secretariat officials inside the Well.
“In reality, you don’t want to raise Dalit issue. You just want to shout. This is not fair,” Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said angrily.
Amid disruptions, the Question Hour continued even as the Speaker again expressed her anguish over the din.
