During a heated Rajya Sabha debate on 'Operation Sindoor', Leader of the House J.P. Nadda accused Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge of "losing his mental balance" after Kharge criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nadda demanded Kharge's remarks be removed, but later withdrew his own objectionable comment and apologized
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The Rajya Sabha witnessed heated exchanges between the Opposition and treasury benches after Leader of the House JP Nadda made some objectionable remarks against Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, which he later withdrew and apologised for, reported news agency PTI.
Rising soon after Kharge spoke for over an hour during the discussion on 'Operation Sindoor' and the Pahalgam terror attack, Nadda first accused him of "losing his mental balance" after Kharge made certain remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nadda demanded that Kharge's comments on the Prime Minister be expunged from the records, stating they were made in a "flow of emotions", reported ANI.
However, Kharge and the Opposition benches strongly objected to Nadda's "mental balance" remark and demanded an apology. Kharge also stated that Nadda was one of the ministers in the NDA government whom he respected, but expressed his shame that Nadda had made such comments against him, reiterating his demand for an apology.
Nadda soon rose to state that he had already withdrawn his words and offered an apology. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular leader in the world, and not just the BJP takes pride in it; the entire nation does," Nadda said, adding that Kharge had not respected the Prime Minister's stature and had made objectionable remarks.
"I have already taken back my words, but if they have hurt his (Kharge's) feelings, I apologise for the same. However, Kharge did cross his limits and made certain remarks against the Prime Minister in passion and out of emotion, which need to be expunged," Nadda reiterated.
"He has long experience. The choice of words used during his speech did not reflect his stature. The kind of words used by him were below his stature. Therefore, I urge you to expunge those words," Nadda urged the chair.
Meanwhile, in a separate development, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that three of the terrorists responsible for the Pahalgam attack have been eliminated by security forces in a joint operation involving the Army, CRPF, and Jammu and Kashmir Police near Srinagar.
While participating in the special discussion on 'Operation Sindoor' during the ongoing Monsoon Session, Home Minister Shah stated that the terrorists were killed under 'Operation Mahadev' on Monday. They have been identified as Suleman alias Faizal, Afghani, and Jibran.
"While Suleman was an A-category commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Afghani was also an A-category Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, Jibran too was a notorious and wanted terrorist. All these three terrorists involved in the killing of our citizens at Baisaran valley in Pahalgam have now been eliminated," he confirmed.
(With inputs from PTI)
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