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'Bihari Gunda' jibe abuse of Hindi-speaking people: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
TMC MP Mahua Moitra refuted Nishikant Dubey's allegation and said the meeting of the Standing Committee meeting on IT didn't happen and that the minister was present there.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of being “allergic” to Hindi-speaking people and said that calling him a “Bihari Gunda” is an attack on Bihar's pride.
"TMC is allergic to all the Hindi-speaking people that's why they called me 'Bihari Gunda'. This is an attack on Bihar's pride. I have submitted all the facts to the Speaker. She (Mahua Moitra) should apologise," news agency ANI posted on Twitter quoting Nishikant Dubey.
This comes a day after Dubey, an MP from Jharkhand’s Godda parliamentary constituency, claimed that TMC MP Mahua Moitra had called him a "Bihari gunda" during a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Wednesday.
"Trinamool Congress has abused the entire Hindi-speaking people along with Bihar by using the word Bihari Gunda. Mamata Banerjee ji, this abuse by TMC MP Mahua Moitra has brought your party's hatred towards north Indians, especially the Hindi-speaking people, in front of the country," Dubey tweeted in Hindi.
"Lok Sabha Speaker ji, heard abuse for the first time in his 13 years of parliamentary life. TMC member Mahua Moita said 'Bihari Gunda' thrice in the meeting of IT Committee. Om Birla ji, Shashi Tharoor Ji has taken the contract to end this parliamentary tradition," he said in another tweet.
Meanwhile, Moitra too took to Twitter to post, "Am a bit amused by charges of name-calling. IT mtng did not happen because NO quorum - members did not attend. How can I call someone a name who was not even present!! Check attendance sheet!" She tagged Congress MPs Shashi Tharoor, Karti Chidambaram and Rajya Sabha MPs Syed Naseer Hussain and Nadimul Haque.
