TMC's Sagarika Ghose Moves Privilege Motion Against Kiren Rijiju For 'Insulting' Opposition

Trinamool MP Sagarika Ghose moved a privilege motion on Thursday against Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha for calling opposition MPs "unworthy of the house". Ms Ghose accused ParliamentaryParliamentaryParliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju of "repeatedly insulting the opposition members" instead of "doing his job of running Parliament smoothly".

Reportedly, 60 MPs from the opposition INDIA bloc have signed the motion.

The privilege motion came after Mr Rijiju said the opposition is “not worthy” of being members of the House, while hitting out at opposition parties over their attacks on Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday.

"Mr Rijiju has insulted opposition members and used personal terms against opposition MPs both inside and outside the House. This is totally unbecoming and unacceptable for the high office he holds and amounts to a brazen misuse of his position," Ms Ghose wrote in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter).