LoP Rahul Gandhi should apologise for making baseless allegations in Lok Sabha: Union Minister Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi of making baseless and false allegations in the Lok Sabha on the police action on protesters and said the Leader of Opposition is frustrated as students have rejected himIt was nothing but a bundle of lies He should not be allowed to get away with this Rahul Gandhi should apologise This is a serious misuse of the House the minister told reporters in the Parliament House complex on Gandhis remarks during a debate on the bill to amend the antipaper leaks lawGandhi on Wednesday alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah had authorised police excesses against student protesters and that the RSS had captured the education system triggering a massive uproarThe Congress leader was referring to the crackdown by security forces during the march to Parliament on July 20 during the CJPled protest on the NEET paper leak issueHitting back Goyal said There was no firing at all How can Rahul Gandhi make such false allegations He should apologise in the House and apologise to the countryThere is no cure for some people The Leader of the Opposition made such baseless and false statements on the floor of the House There was no firing yet such baseless allegations were made inside Parliament I strongly condemn it the BJP leader saidThe minister alleged that Gandhi did not speak on the antipaper leak bill despite speaking for nearly an hourI believe Rahul Gandhi had nothing to say We saw that for nearly an hour he did not speak on the Bill He did not utter a single word related to the subject of the debate It was nothing but a bundle of lies he saidGoyal said Gandhis speech in the Lok Sabha reflected his frustration and alleged that the Congress leader made false allegations despite the governments efforts to address students concernsRahul Gandhis statement reflects his frustration The government acted with great sensitivity towards children and addressed their concerns His frustration is also because students have rejected him he claimedThe minister denied Gandhis allegation of firing on students and demanded that the Congress leader apologise for making what he termed false claimsGoyal also demanded action over baseless allegations made by Gandhi accusing him of misusing the HouseWhatever action the House deems appropriate for making false allegations should be taken Such statements cannot be made on the basis of lies he saidGoyal alleged that repeated electoral defeats have left the Congress frustrated and claimed the party is unable to accept the peoples verdictThe Congress has still not been able to digest its repeated defeats The people are rejecting them again and again but they do not understand that the public is unhappy with them After every defeat they become even more frustrated They have nothing to offer except lies and deception he saidRejecting Gandhis allegations about the functioning of the government and the RSS Goyal said the education department functions on rulesThe RSS is a sociocultural organisation The Education Ministry functions according to rules The education department has its own systems and officials oversee their implementation Our government is committed to establishing good governance in the country he saidTargeting the previous UPA government Goyal alleged that the Congress still views governance through the prism of the National Advisory CouncilUnlike them we do not run the government through an extraconstitutional authority like the National Advisory Council They still remember the way they functioned themselves and perhaps that is why they do not understand how a government is run in a systematic manner he saidThis 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