Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 5 pm after uproar over BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s remarks targeting the Gandhi family. Opposition MPs protested inside and outside Parliament, demanding Rahul Gandhi be allowed to speak on the President’s address amid the ongoing standoff. (Pics/PTI)
Updated On: 2026-02-04 03:31 PM IST
Compiled by : Tarun Verma
As the House reassembled at 2 pm, TDP MP Harish Balayogi resumed his address on the motion of thanks on the President's address. After Balayogi, Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was in the Chair, called on Dubey to speak
As opposition members strongly protested and with Dubey unrelenting, Tenneti adjourned the House till 5 pm
Congress members had brought banners and posters featuring the former Army chief and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, while Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was seen flashing a book in the House
Outside the Parliament building, Congress MPs demonstrated, demanding that Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi be allowed to speak on the President's address
Since Monday afternoon, the House has been witnessing uproar after Gandhi was disallowed from quoting an article that cited the unpublished "memoir" of Naravane on the 2020 India-China conflict