On the fourth day of the 2nd half of the Budget session, newly inducted Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy kicks up a storm in Parliament. There was uproar in the House the moment Swamy rose to speak.

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh accused Swamy of making objectionable remarks in the House and he along with other Congress MPs refused to budge till the Chairperson PJ Kurien asks Swamy to sit down. "You first ask him to sit down," Ramesh says when the chair tells the Opposition to sit down as they rush into the Well of the House.

This is the second day that the AgustaWestland chopper controversy has erupted in Parliament.

Yesterday, Swamy made a statement linking Congress president Sonia Gandhi to the chopper case in which alleged payoffs were done in acquiring helicopters for the armed forces.

The chair got his remarks expunged.

Today as well, the chair got Swamy's remarks expunged, and said nothing would go on record. This is the second time his remarks have been expunged in two days. The chair said that Swamy was being unnecessarily provocative. Swamy said that the Congress knows the Italian Constitution better than the Indian Constitution.


Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad says Swamy is the BJP's new gift to the Rajya Sabha. "This man (Swamy) doesn't understand the difference between the words used in streets and ones used in Parliamnent," Azad said.