‘What is he doing outside?’ Acting LS Speaker questions Rahul Gandhi’s Sambhal visit attempt; opposition walks out | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi had a major showdown with police on Wednesday for two hours as the cops blocked his attempt to visit violence-hit Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh. Back in Parliament, the acting Lok Sabha speaker questioned Congress leader's wherabouts asking why was he not in Parliament.As Rahul Gandhi, along with Priyanka Gandhi and other party leaders were stopped at Delhi-UP border, the Congress' Mohammad Jawed raised the issue in Lok Sabha. Stopping his sentence mid-way, BJP's Jagdambika Pal, who was on the Chair at that time in place of Om Birla, asked, "The House is in session, what is the leader of opposition doing outside? He should have been present in the House," Pal said.This comes as Rahul's convoy was stopped at the Ghazipur border to go...