Pull up Sambit Patra for remarks on Rahul Gandhi: Congress to Om Birla

Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday urged Lok Sabha SpeakerLok Sabha SpeakerLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take action against the Bharatiya Janata Party's Sambit Patra for allegedly using "highly slanderous language" against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi at a media interaction, ANI reported.

In a letter to Birla, Tagore said that such behaviour “not only tarnishes the image of the esteemed Parliament but also insults the dignity of a high constitutional office”.

At a press conference earlier in the day, Patra called Gandhi a “traitor of the highest order”, and reiterated his party’s allegation that he was conspiring with billionaire George Soros to destabilise India.