Starting the debate from the government's side, Dubey said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated that this is not a no-confidence motion against the government but it has been brought by the opposition to test the confidence of its own alliance members in each other. Dubey took a swipe at the opposition parties, saying they were fighting among themselves and call themselves INDIA. He claimed that if one asks the full form of the acronym INDIA to opposition leaders, very few will be able to elaborate. In his remarks, Dubey also raised the issue of the Supreme Court staying Rahul Gandhi's conviction in the 'Modi surname' remark case following which his Lok Sabha membership was restored.
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«There was such a brouhaha over Rahul Gandhi's return to Parliament but where had he gone...he was here in the Budget session. The Supreme Court has not acquitted him. He has also said he will not say sorry......He says I am not (VD) Savarkar, you can never be Savarkar,» Dubey said. In a dig at Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, who were both present in the House, Dubey said she was following the traditional Indian woman's way of «Bete ko set karna hai, damaad ko bhent karna hai (Has to set her son, and gift to her son-in-law)». In another dig at Rahul Gandhi, Dubey also said that the former Congress president was expected to initiate the debate but did not do so last minute as «probably he got up late». Dubey also named various non-Congress parties of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc to claim that they had been targeted by the Congress in the past but they were now siding with the grand old party against
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