Uproar in Rajya Sabha by Congress MPs as Subramanian Swamy stands to say he has given breach of privilege motion against Congress senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.


With Rajya Sabha being adjourned yesterday due to disruptions, the limelight is now on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who challenged the expunging of his comments by the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, calling the decision as arbitrary, unreasonable and against the House rules.

The Bharatiya Janata Party MP sought breach of privilege proceedings against the Leader of the Opposition -- Ghulam Nabi Azad -- for falsely saying that the United Progressive Alliance government had blacklisted Finmeccanica, the manufacturer of AgustaWestland choppers.

The BJP MP made certain comments targeting Congress members on Thursday while speaking on the issue of minority institution and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien expunged them following vociferous protests from the opposition MPs.

He had told Swamy that he was unnecessarily provoking others and asked him to refrain from it.

An unrelenting Swamy tweeted today, I have filed a notice in the RS challenging the expunging of my words by the deputy chairman since it is arbitrary, unreasonable and against the RS rules.

In another tweet, he said, Today I will seek to move a Breach of Privilege against Ghulam Nabi Azad for his falsely stating in the RS that the UPA had blacklisted Finmeccanica.

Swamis barbs at Congress have sparked protests in the House since he made his entry as a nominated member and the Chair has expunged some of his remarks, mostly aimed at party chief Sonia Gandhi.

Azad on Thursday said Swamy is just two days old in the House and his remarks have already been expunged twice. There are 365 days in a year, how many times are you going to expunge his words, he asked the Chair.

The Congress leader said Swamy does not know the difference between street language and parliamentary words. He does not allow his hair to grey so he can learn and mature.