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On Rahul Gandhi's return to Parliament, Shashi Tharoor says ‘Will analyse all Centre's failures now'
Rahul Gandhi returned to Parliament on Monday after his membership as an MP of Lok Sabha was restored.
As Rahul Gandhi returned to the Parliament on Monday, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that the opposition will be “analysing all failures” of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government tomorrow onwards. Tharoor said that he has “no doubt there will be strong participation from the Congress”.
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“I hope Rahul Gandhi will speak and we will have a vigorous debate on the question of the government's failure starting with the Manipur which is a main issue we all want to be discussed,” Shashi Tharoor told news agency ANI.
Rahul Gandhi's return to Parliament
Rahul Gandhi returned to Parliament on Monday after his membership as an MP of the lower house was restored in the wake of the Supreme Court staying his conviction in the 2019 ‘Modi surname’ defamation case.
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The Congress leader was disqualified as an MP in March after a Gujarat court convicted him in a defamation case and sentenced him to two years in jail - based on a complaint filed by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi in 2019 over his "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?" remark made during an election rally in Karnataka Kolar in 2019. Notably, a punishment of two years and above automatically disqualifies a lawmaker as per the law.
The 53-year-old lawmaker from Wayanad, Kerala is now set to deliver a speech on the upcoming no-confidence motion against the Centre in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. He is also likely to open the debate from the Congress side.
Cong's warm welcome for Rahul Gandhi
As Rahul Gandhi reached the Parliament House, he was accorded with a warm welcome from the Congress and other opposition MPs. Massive celebrations also broke out at the AICC headquarters in the national capital with the party workers dancing and raising slogans in favour of Gandhi.
(With inputs from ANI)
