Congress moves privilege motion against Kiren Rijiju over DK Shivakumar remarks

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Congress has moved a privilege motion against Union Minister Kiren Rijiju for attributing false statements to Karnataka Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar regarding constitutional changes.

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00:00More news coming in. Jairam Ramesh moves privilege motion against Kiran Rijuju for

00:06a statement on DK Shivkumar. Muslim showdown, quota showdown escalates in

00:11Parliament with the Congress now seeking action against Union Minister Kiran

00:15Rijuju. Congress says false statement attributed to DK Shivkumar, the WDCM.

00:20Congress says Rijuju, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister's remark is false and

00:25derogatory. This has got to do with the statement that had been made earlier

00:31today by Kiran Rijuju saying that the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka had

00:36in fact said that Constitution will be changed. This is breach says the Congress.

00:42Moving a motion, a privilege motion against Parliamentary Affairs Minister

00:46Kiran Rijuju for a statement on DK Shivkumar. Let's listen in first to this

00:51showdown in Parliament.

00:55He has our pride.

00:57He said that for Muslims, Constitution can be their reservation.

01:05Today, sitting on the Constitution of the Congress Party, I condemn this leader and

01:13clarify. You take the name of Babasaheb, you take the Constitution in your pocket

01:19and do drama. I condemn him and clarify.

01:24You tell me Mr. President, how can he sit quietly?

01:28Sir, I condemn him and clarify. He has our pride.

01:40He said that for Muslims, Constitution can be their reservation.

01:45Drama that played out in Parliament today. Kiran Rijuju had spoken about DK Shivkumar,

01:50the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, saying that the Parliament of the

01:55Constitution, saying in Parliament that the Constitution would be changed is what

01:58DKS had said. Meanwhile, DK Shivkumar has clarified saying that no such statement

02:07was made. It's a privilege motion that has been moved by Congress's Jairam Ramesh

02:12against the Parliamentary Affairs Minister. This showdown escalating even further.

02:19Meanwhile, here is something that Kiran Rijuju, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister

02:25has said. I appeal to Muslim leaders not to allow their community to become the

02:31vote bank for Congress Party. Muslim League divided India and all those who are in

02:36India must follow the spirit of secularism. There can't be reservation on the basis

02:40of religion in India, says Kiran Rijuju.

02:47Mousmi is getting asked more details on that story. Mousmi, DKS has clarified but

02:52the Congress now is saying that nothing doing. There is a privilege motion that's

02:56being moved against Kiran Rijuju for making, they say, these false acquisitions

03:01against the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka.

03:04That's right Sneha. You know that actually happened after the Congress President

03:09and the leader of the opposition in the Raj Sabha, Malik Ajit Tharge, he took to the

03:15floor and said that the Minister had not made any statement like that. We've seen

03:20that Jairam Ramesh thereafter has moved a privilege motion against Kiran Rijuju,

03:25the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, for making that, attributing those comments

03:32to DKS. But the Congress thereby feels that this could be a very potent political tool

03:40for the BJP to in fact deviate from the reasons that the BJP always wants to subvert

03:47the constitution and that's what they said now.

03:50Alright, we'll just connect with Mousmi in a bit and I apologise for that patchy

03:53line with Mousmi but we're talking about the reservation Rao. After the Karnataka

03:58government passed the 4% Muslim quota bill in the Assembly.

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