Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a breach of parliamentary privilege for “falsely” attributing the “Karnataka sovereignty” remark to Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha member and Congress leader Manickam Tagore wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to send the matter to the Privileges Committee of the Parliament.
In his letter to Mr. Birla, the Lok Sabha member from Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), claimed that Mr. Modi had disseminated “sensitive false information” among the public.
“Honorable Prrime Minister as the representative of the BJP party in the Karnataka election has raised false accusations against the Congress against their commitment to protecting the unity and sovereignty of the state of Karnataka if wins the election,” he said in the letter of May 10.
