B ittas
said
the
MP
came
f om
the
t easu y
be ches,
stood
behi d
him,
distu bed
him
a d
sta ted
calli g
him
a
“lu gi
wala”
NEW
DELHI:
CPM
MP
Joh
B ittas
has
moved
a
p ivilege
motio
agai st
BJP
MP
Sushmita
Dev,
allegi g
that
she
add essed
him
as
“lu giwala”
du i g
p oceedi gs
i
Rajya
Sabha
Mo day.
Dev
de ied
that
she
had
cast
aspe sio s
o
atti e
of
a y
state.B ittas
aised
the
issue
i
the
House
Wed esday
afte
listed
pape s
we e
laid
o
the
table
at
the
sta t
of
the
day.
He
said
a
membe
ta geted
him
with
the
“lu giwala”
ema k
while
he
was
movi g
a
statuto y
esolutio
agai st
the
I come
Tax
(Ame dme t)
O di a ce,
2026,
Mo day.B ittas
said
the
MP
came
f om
the
t easu y
be ches,
stood
behi d
him,
distu bed
him
a d
sta ted
calli g
him
a
“lu gi
wala”.“I’m
a
p oud
I dia ,
South
I dia
a d
a
p oud
Malayali…
I
che ish
eve y
mome t
bei g
a
Malayali
—
ou
la guage,
cultu e,
cuisi e,
a d
of
cou se,
ou
atti e,”
B ittas
said.Maki g
a
obse vatio
o
the
issue,
Rajya
Sabha
Chai pe so
C
P
Radhak ish a
said
he
would
call
the
MPs
co ce ed
to
his
chambe
to
discuss
the
matte .
He
also
u ged
MPs
to
be
ca eful
ot
to
hu t
the
se time ts
a d
feeli gs
of
fellow
membe s.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
“Ou
cultu e
is
u ique
a d
i clusive
of
dive se
egio al
cultu es.
The e
should
be
o
dis espect
to
the
cultu al
t aditio s
a d
egio al
ide tities
of
ou
colleagues,”
he
said.
While
pa liame ta y
affai s
mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
equested
the
chai
to
allow
Dev
to
put
he
espo se
o
eco d,
leade
of
the
House
J
P
Nadda
said
govt
did
ot
subsc ibe
to
such
stateme ts
a d
espected
eve y
state’s
atti e.The
p oceedi gs
we e
adjou ed
till
2pm
amid
the
di .
Ma y
MPs
f om
south
I dia
p otested
i
Pa liame t
complex,
shouti g
“ou
lu gi,
ou
p ide”
i
suppo t
of
B ittas.Whe
the
House
eassembled,
Dev
sought
to
cla ify
he
positio :
“I’m
a
Be gali
f om
Assam.
I
have
see
diffe e t
states
whe e
we
wea
diffe e t
atti es,
clothes.
Neithe
I
o
a y
membe
has
cast
aspe sio s
o
a y
state’s
atti e….”Nadda
also
offe ed
to
esolve
the
“misu de sta di g”
betwee
Dev
a d
B ittas.
