TMC Bringing Culture Of Violence To Parliament, Says IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Mumbai: Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday hit out at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after a copy of her statement was snatched during an uproar in the Rajya Sabha.

TMC has a culture of violence and is trying to bring it to Parliament, the newly-appointed IT minister said, asking what message is being sent to the rest of the country.

“The kind of violence they (TMC) did on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Bengal, they are bringing the same culture. What message are we giving to the country, to the next generation parliamentarians?” Vaishnaw asked.

TMC MP Shantanu Sen had on Thursday snatched a copy of Vaishnav’s statement while he was delivering his speech in the Rajya Sabha regarding the Pegasus project matter. Sen started tearing him into pieces.

After this, a war of words broke out between BJP and TMC MPs. Marshall intervened and brought the situation under control. After the chadar was snatched from Vaishnav, there was a heated argument between Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and TMC MP Shantanu Sen.

Following the incident, sources said the government is planning to serve a privilege motion notice against the Trinamool Congress MPs who “misbehaved” with the IT minister.

They said the government will also urge the chair to suspend Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen, who snatched the copy of Vaishnaw’s statement from him and tore it into pieces in the upper House.

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