BREAKING NEWS: ‘Lungi’ Remark Sparks Rajya Sabha Uproar as John Brittas Alleges Insult to South Indians

A
f esh
co t ove sy
e upted
i
the
Rajya
Sabha
afte
Left
MP
Joh
B ittas
alleged
that
he
was
efe ed
to
as
“lu gi
wala& dquo;
du i g
a
discussio
i
the
House.
The
ema k
t igge ed
a
heated
excha ge
i side
Pa liame t
a d
a
p otest
outside
the
Pa liame t
complex,
with
oppositio
MPs
aisi g
co ce s
ove
la guage,
egio al
ide tity
a d
t aditio al
atti e.
B ittas
a gued
that
a
membe
of
Pa liame t
should
ot
be
ta geted
o
i sulted
o
the
basis
of
thei
la guage,
egio
o
t aditio al
clothi g.
He
said
the
lu gi
is
a
t aditio al
fo m
of
atti e
wo
by
millio s
of
people,
pa ticula ly
ac oss
southe
I dia,
a d
objected
to
what
he
desc ibed
as
the
de ogato y
use
of
the
te m.
The
co t ove sy
has
si ce
moved
beyo d
the
Rajya
Sabha
chambe ,
with
seve al
South
I dia
MPs
pa ticipati g
i
a
demo st atio
i side
the
Pa liame t
complex.
P oteste s
aised
the
sloga
“Ou
Lu gi,
Ou
P ide,& dquo;
tu i g
the
issue
i to
a
wide
political
debate
ove
espect
fo
egio al
cultu es
a d
t aditio al
clothi g.
The
ema ks
we e
allegedly
made
by
BJP
Rajya
Sabha
MP
Sushmita
Dev,
acco di g
to
the
accou t
p ese ted
du i g
the
co t ove sy.
The
issue
p ompted
i te ve tio
f om
Pa liame ta y
Affai s
Mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
a d
Leade
of
the
House
J.P.
Nadda,
who
st essed
that
both
sides
should
be
give
a
oppo tu ity
to
p ese t
thei
ve sio s.

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