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Sarma`s barbs came in the wake of Rahul Gandhi`s stinging tweet, wherein he posted a picture, sporting the names of former Congress leaders, who have jumped ship to the Bharatiya Janata Party or have snapped decades-old ties with the grand old party including Sarma, Ghulam Nabi Azad and former Defence Minister AK Antony`s son Anil Antony.
In his interview on Friday, Pawar had also distanced himself from the Congress’s demand of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the report by short-selling firm Hindenburg and said he did not agree with stalling of Parliament by the Congress-led Opposition on the matter.
With the Budget Session of Parliament set to conclude today, the Opposition parties took out a ‘Tricolour March’ from Parliament House to Vijay Chowk, alleging that “democracy is under attack” by the BJP.
In the Rajya Sabha, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar rejected the 'point of order' raised by Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Union Minister Piyush Goyal's demand for an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the United Kingdom. Goyal had not named Gandhi.
Citing numbers, the former Congress leader tweeted: "PM to CBI: Don't spare the corrupt. March 2016: Jitendra Singh told Parliament: 2013: 1136 persons convicted for corruption, 2014: 993, 2015:878, 2016: 71. Conviction of the corrupt higher during UPA!"