Angry govt lashes out at Rahul Gandhi's London panning of Indian democracy

Opposition's plans to raise Hindenburg issue, demand for JPC get no hearing as both houses are adjourned early

Leader of the Rajya Sabha, Piyush Goyal ripped into the opposition, especially Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, for criticising India’s democracy on foreign soil, with Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge rebutting the charge on procedural and political grounds. So heated was the exchange that the Rajya Sabha had to be adjourned for the day before lunch. Similar scenes were witnessed in the Lok Sabha, which too adjourned ahead of schedule. The result was the Opposition’s plans to raise the issue of the Hindenburg report and demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) got no hearing.

Goyal said: “The entire country saw how