Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey has been targeting leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and seeking to link him to a US-based multi-billionaire resulting in an uproar in the Lok Sabha.
In a unique protest outside the residence of BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, National Students' Union of India (NSUI) workers gave him a rose flower. MP Nishikant Dubey offered sweets to them. On protest by NSUI workers outside his residence, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said, "...These people are confused, it means that they are being misled by someone. Today they are in NSUI, tomorrow they will become workers of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. I will bring all these people to Yuva Morcha..." He further added, "I am getting zero hour for the last 4 days. The opposition is not allowing me to speak..."
The Parliament proceedings were adjourned following certain remarks made by Dubey, who drew some linkages between a foreign investor and a section of opposition leaders and claimed an international conspiracy was afoot to derail India's success story under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Dubey claimed that the Congress-led opposition had tried to derail Parliament proceedings based on reports in a French publication which had alleged links to the billionaire investor. He alleged the US-based investor, investigative media platform Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Congress were trying to derail India’s success story under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. Dubey said the Congress had sought to derail Parliament on various issues published by OCCRP, including the Pegasus spying row, questioning the efficacy of vaccines against COVID-19 developed in India and the Hindenburg reports. Dubey said several opposition leaders raised the issues flagged in media reports, many of which were published on the eve of Parliament sessions in India.
Congress MPs protested on the steps of the Makar Dwar in Parliament and raised slogans against use of "derogatory language" against Rahul Gandhi.
