MP who made anti-Muslim slurs gets off with warning

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday took ldquoserious noterdquo of certain objectionable comments made by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri in the House and warned him of ldquostrict actionrdquoif such behaviour is repeated in the future as the remarks sparked outrage with opposition leaders calling for his suspension Bidhuri made certain objectionable remarks targeted at BSP member Kunwar Danish Ali on Thursday night during a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the success of the Chandrayaan3 missionThe video of Bidhurirsquos controversial references to the Muslim MP have gone viral with opposition parties demanding strict action against him including suspension from the HouseMahua Moitra TMC member on TwitterThe BJP on Friday issued a show cause notice to its Lok Sabha member Ramesh Bidhuri for his use of objectionable words BJP sources said the party has sought a reply from the South Delhi MP for his use of unparliamentary words Bidhuri had used derogatory words against Ali while speaking in Lok Sabha on Thursday Speaker Om Birla later expunged those wordsUnion minister Rajnath Singh had expressed regret for Bidhurirsquos remarksAlso read Mumbai lsquoFlies in the face of G20 commitmentrsquoThe video of Bidhurirsquos controversial references to the Muslim MP have gone viral with opposition parties demanding strict action against him including suspension from the House Speaker Birla has cautioned him and warned of strict action if such an offence is repeatedThe speaker Om Birla warned the Lok Sabha member from South Delhi of ldquostrict actionrdquo after the speech was made PicPTIThe said remarks were expunged from Parliamentary records and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh immediately expressed regret for Bidhurirsquos behaviour in the HouseTaking ldquoserious noterdquo of Bidhurirsquos remarks Birla warned the Lok Sabha member from South Delhi of ldquostrict actionrdquo if such behaviour was repeated in the future officials saidldquoHis remarks in Lok Sabha are an insult to all members of Parliament Bidhuri should be suspended from the Lok Sabha for his remarksrdquo Congress leader Jairam Ramesh saidJairam Ramesh Congress leader and BSP MP Danish AliThe CPIM demanded the arrest of BidhurildquoNo privilege for hate speech arrest Ramesh Bidhuri Filthy abusive language used by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri against Danish Ali BSP on the floor constitutes the worst kind of hate speech indicted by the SC No MP can claim privilege for such speech He should be arrestedrdquo the CPIM said in a statementldquoAbusing Muslims OBCs an integral part of BJP culture most now see nothing wrong with it Narendra Modi has reduced Indian Muslims to living in such a state of fear in their own land that they grin amp bear everything Sorry but Irsquom calling this out Ma Kali holds my spinerdquo Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra said on Twitter now XAam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh wondered whether Bidhurirsquos language was a result of the values taught by the RSSCongress leader Rahul Gandhi met Ali and posted a picture with him on X with a caption ldquoNafrat ki bazaar mein mohabbat ki dukkanrdquoMay quit House if action not taken Danish AliNew Delhi Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali on Friday said if action is not taken against BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri for his derogatory remarks in the Lok Sabha then he could consider quitting the membership of the House He also said that people had not elected him to listen to ldquohate speechesrdquoBidhuri made certain objectionable remarks targeted at Ali on Thursday night during a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the success of the Chandrayaan3 missionldquoThis is unprecedented I have written to the Speaker I hope action will be takenrdquo Danish Ali saidldquoThis is nothing less than hate speech Hate speeches were being made outside Parliament but now it has been delivered on the floor of the Houserdquo he told PTIAsked what would he do if action was not taken against Bidhuri Ali said ldquoI expect that the speaker will take action on this But if action is not taken then with a heavy heart I can consider quitting the membership of this House because people have not sent me to Parliament to listen to hate speechesrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever