03-13-2008, 10:54 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Uproar in LS over Rahul Gandhis night out</b>
March 13, 2008
<b>New Delhi, PTI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's reported 'sneaking out' of his guest house in Orissa during his visit to the state last week created unruly scenes in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
A member in Lok Sabha on Thursday raised the issue of alleged violation of security rules during the visit of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to Orissa last week, triggering several bouts of clashes between UPA and NDA benches.</b>
Members of NDA and Congress clashed repeatedly after Braj Kishore Tripathi, Leader of BJD in the House, raised the matter during Zero Hour, saying the incident had put the Orissa government in a "difficult situation".
<b>Tripathi said that during his "Discover India" visit to Orissa, Gandhi, who has Z-Plus security, had left the NALCO Guest House in naxal-infested Koraput for some "undisclosed destination" for four hours at night on March 7 without informing local police.
When Superintendent of Police, Koraput, tried to go after Gandhi's vehicle, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Malik of SPG prevented him</b>, the BJD member alleged amid protests from Congress benches which led to verbal clash between the two sides.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi was also visibly upset as Tripathi raised the matter and said that if some "unfortunate incident" had taken place, it would have shown the Orissa government in poor light as it was the responsibility of the state to ensure security of a VIP as per the Union Home Ministry rules.
Rahul Gandhi was not present in the House when the matter was raised but came in as the uproar was on. Sachin Pilot was seen briefing him on what the issue was about.
While the NDA members were insisting that the matter was serious, Congress members were dismissive about their raising the issue and wondered what their objection was.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If Rahul had managed to get kidnapped by the naxals then the central gov would been forced to release the naxal thugs currently undergoing their jail sentences.
These so called leaders need to think before they do foolish things like going into naxal infested areas without informing the security guards.
March 13, 2008
<b>New Delhi, PTI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's reported 'sneaking out' of his guest house in Orissa during his visit to the state last week created unruly scenes in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
A member in Lok Sabha on Thursday raised the issue of alleged violation of security rules during the visit of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to Orissa last week, triggering several bouts of clashes between UPA and NDA benches.</b>
Members of NDA and Congress clashed repeatedly after Braj Kishore Tripathi, Leader of BJD in the House, raised the matter during Zero Hour, saying the incident had put the Orissa government in a "difficult situation".
<b>Tripathi said that during his "Discover India" visit to Orissa, Gandhi, who has Z-Plus security, had left the NALCO Guest House in naxal-infested Koraput for some "undisclosed destination" for four hours at night on March 7 without informing local police.
When Superintendent of Police, Koraput, tried to go after Gandhi's vehicle, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Malik of SPG prevented him</b>, the BJD member alleged amid protests from Congress benches which led to verbal clash between the two sides.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi was also visibly upset as Tripathi raised the matter and said that if some "unfortunate incident" had taken place, it would have shown the Orissa government in poor light as it was the responsibility of the state to ensure security of a VIP as per the Union Home Ministry rules.
Rahul Gandhi was not present in the House when the matter was raised but came in as the uproar was on. Sachin Pilot was seen briefing him on what the issue was about.
While the NDA members were insisting that the matter was serious, Congress members were dismissive about their raising the issue and wondered what their objection was.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If Rahul had managed to get kidnapped by the naxals then the central gov would been forced to release the naxal thugs currently undergoing their jail sentences.
These so called leaders need to think before they do foolish things like going into naxal infested areas without informing the security guards.