log on to thegoan.net FRIDAY DECEMBER 20, 2024 @thegoanonline Facebook.com/thegoan The Goan E-Paper (Playstore/IOS) 14 pages PRICE ` 10 PANAJI MARGAO GOA VOLUME X, NO.183 RNI: GOAENG/2015/65729 High drama on Parl campus RULING, OPPN MPs CLASH OVER AMBEDKAR REMARKS 2 BJP MPs INJURED NDA, CONGRESS FILE PLAINTS PTI NEW DELHI Plumbing new depths of political animosity, rival MPs screamed and shoved in the forecourt of Parliament on Thursday in unprecedented scenes of unruliness, capping three days of acrimonious debate inside the House over preserving the dignity of B R Ambedkar. Two BJP MPs were hospitalised with injuries as Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi became the centre of the ruling party's accusations, including one by a woman MP who said he misbehaved with her. NDA leaders filed a police complaint against him for attempt to murder, physical assault and incitement. The sordid incident perhaps without parallel started in the morning as BJP and Opposition MPs marched towards each other over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comments on Ambedkar. As the two groups came closer, tempers and voices rose, soon other. The scuffles and the controversy served to unite the Opposition in defending Rahul Gandhi. National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said he knew Rahul Gandhi and he would not push anyone. The trouble broke out minutes before both Houses were to convene at 11 am. DELHI POLICE REGISTER FIR AGAINST RAHUL GANDHI >> See pg 9 INDIA and NDA MPs protest at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament in New Delhi. (Inset) BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi being taken to hospital. resulting in a melee. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said he was pushed so violently that he lost his balance and sat down. Now they are the ones who are accusing us of shoving them, the 82-year-old said. However, the more apparent injuries were sustained by BJP's Balasore MP Pratap Sarangi, 69, who had to get stitches in the temple. His colleague Mukesh Rajput was also injured on the head. The Congress vehemently denied the charges. Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Rahul Gandhi and the others were protesting peacefully, but were prevented from entering Parliament by BJP MPs carrying sticks, it said. The BJP MPs were seen carrying placards pinned to sticks. BJP MPs stopped, threatened and intimidated me, Rahul Gandhi said. The Congress also filed a complaint against the BJP in the Parliament House police station. Both sides also complained to the respective Chairs in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha against each Instagram.com/thegoanonline A number of MPs of the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance were protesting at the steps of Parliament's ''Makar Dwar'', an entrance and exit reserved for lawmakers, against the Congress' alleged insult of Ambedkar, while MPs from the Congress and its allies were demonstrating over Union Minister Home Amit Shah's remarks on Ambedkar and accused the BJP of slighting the architect >Continued on P9