Opposition parties move privilege notice against Piyush Goyal over remarks against them

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

opposition alliance INDIA have given a privilege notice against leader of the house in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal over his certain remarks against some opposition leaders. Among the parties whose leaders gave the notice are the Congress, TMC, AAP, RJD, DMK, RJD, JDU, NCP and the Left parties. Sources said leaders of INDIA parties gave the notice to the Rajya Sabha chairman complaining against Goyal's certain remarks made while he was speaking on the issue of media portal 'NewsClick' receiving funding from China-linked firms allegedly to spread Chinese propaganda. Goyal questioned the relationship between the opposition parties and the news portal 'NewsClick', which has been accused in a New York Times report of receiving funding from China-linked firms. «Today at 1300 hrs, the floor leaders of INDIA parties in the Rajya Sabha submitted a privilege motion against Leader of the House Piyush Goyal for addressing the Opposition as all of them 'traitors',» Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said on Twitter. «Nothing less than an apology from him on the floor of the House, when it is in order, will do,» the Congress leader, who is a signatory to the privilege notice, said.

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The leaders also raised an uproar in the House and demanded an apology from Goyal. «The INDIA parties walked out of the Rajya Sabha today for the rest of the day because of: The continued refusal of the Modi government