After Nishikant Dubey, another BJP MP Ravi Kishan Shukla wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday urging him to examine the “conduct” of BSP MP Danish Ali, saying that Bidhuri’s remarks were due to “continuous heckling and disturbance” by Ali.
The Gorakhpur MP further alleged that the incident has been “manipulated” by Ali to “grab media attention”.
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri came under fire for derogatory remarks on the floor of the Lower House on Thursday night during a debate on Chandrayaan-3. Opposition leaders, including Danish Ali, have demanded strict action against him.
In his letter to the Speaker, Shukla said whatever words Bidhuri used against Ali were “unacceptable in any way” but the circumstances that led to the use of “such objectionable” words by an MP against another member of Parliament in the House “needs to be revisited and examined”.
The Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur said that some “unprecedented and unparliamentary things” happened on September 21 in Lok Sabha. BJP member Ramesh Bidhuri used “some objectionable and inappropriate words” against the BSP member in the House.
He said although the use of words by Bidhuri was “quite inappropriate, unacceptable and not in the tune of the high standards” of Parliament, the BJP member used the objectionable words due to “continuous heckling and disturbance by Ali and that too in the heat of the arguments”.
Shukla said that it is “beyond any dispute” that whatever the words used by Bidhuri against Ali are “unacceptable” but the way things are being “manipulated” and used for the “political agenda and grabbing media attention” by the BSP member is “objectionable”.
“In the instant case, I would like to draw your kind attention towards the habit and behaviour of heckling by Kunwar Danish Ali during the discussion or participation of another Member of Parliament in the House in the past,” Shukla said in his letter.
“Twice he had used unparliamentary language against me. On December 9 last year when I was tabling my Private Members Bill namely ‘The Population Control Bill, 2019’ in the House, Danish Ali tried to interrupt me and made personal remarks against me stating that the Member is introducing a Private Members Bill in the House although he is himself having four children,” the BJP MP charged.
Such sort of behaviour is “unacceptable” and needs to be examined by “your esteemed office,” he urged the Lok Sabha Speaker.
On Saturday, Dubey had written to the Lok Sabha speaker urging him to probe the conduct and the remarks of Ali. In his letter, Dubey accused Ali of offering a “running commentary” during Bidhuri’s speech and making unsavoury remarks aimed at instigating him to lose his composure.
Dubey alleged that Ali also made a “highly objectionable and blasphemous” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He used “neech” barb, the BJP leader claimed, saying it was more than enough for “any patriotic public representative to lose his calm and fall into his trap by uttering unsavoury words.”
The BJP MP, however, condemned Bidhuri’s remarks, saying no decent society can justify them.