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| Members of the treasury benches also got up on their seats to counter the opposition (video below) |
April 27, 2016, NewsCrunch
On his second day in Rajya Sabha, Subrmanian Swamy managed to set off minor battle between Congress and BJP members by dragging in Sonia Gandhi in a corruption case.
After Swamy, who took oath yesterday, mentioned Sonia Gandhi's name in the AgustaWestland helicopter bribery case, Congress MPs were up on their seats. .
After a heated exchange of words with BJP members, Congress MPs rushed towards the treasury benches, prompting
Deputy Chairman P J Kurien adjourned the House for 10 minutes fearing that the the situation may go out of hand.
Swamy mentioned Sonia Gandhi while referring to the allegations made by Christian Micheal, the middleman in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal, through a letter to the High Court of Italy.