'Linked with anti-India forces': BJP MP moves motion to revoke Rahul Gandhi's Parliament membership

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday said he has moved a substantive motion in the Lok Sabha against the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of misleading the country with the help of "anti-India forces."Dubey said he is seeking the termination of Gandhi’s parliamentary membership and a lifetime ban on him from contesting elections. "I have moved a motion in Lok Sabha today against Rahul Gandhi on how he is misleading the nation with the help of forces like (George) Soros, who want to harm the nation. In the motion I have moved, I have requested that Rahul Gandhi's membership should be terminated and he should be barred for life from contesting elections," Dubey was quoted as saying by ANI. When asked about the motion brought against him, Rahul responded, "do they give you some keywords?"The motion comes a day after Gandhi’s speech in the Lok Sabha in which he accused the Centre of compromising national interests.In his address, Gandhi said the government had acknowledged a global shift marked by the end of a single superpower era, rising geopolitical conflicts, and the weaponisation of energy and finance. Despite this, he alleged, the government had allowed the United States to weaponise energy and financial systems in ways that affect India."You yourself admit that we are facing a global storm that the era of one superpower is over, that geopolitical conflicts are intensifying, and that energy and finance are being weaponised. Yet, despite acknowledging this reality, you have allowed the United States to weaponise energy and financial systems in ways that impact us. When America says we cannot buy oil from a particular country, it effectively means our energy security is being dictated externally that energy itself is being weaponised against us. Are you not ashamed of this? I am saying you have compromised India's interests," Rahul had said. Meanwhile, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi slammed BJP for moving a motion against the LoP and said that "Rahul Gandhi won't be affected by all these.”“What all they will do - privilege notice, FIR, case - let them do whatever they want. Rahul Gandhi won't be affected by all these.”“Whatever they are doing is completely wrong. They are betraying the farmers. The kind of trade deal they have signed will result is sufferings for farmers. We are supporting the labour unions in their strike today,” she added.