May 10, 2016 1:55 PM

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PM can't be gagged against speaking on corruption: Jaitley

Government today hit back at the Congress saying the Prime Minister cannot be gagged against speaking on corruption. During zero hour in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the Prime Minister is entitled to speak both inside and outside the House and he cannot be gagged. His comments came after a Congress member said, he has moved a breach of privilege motion against Mr Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar over their remarks on the AgustaWestland issue.<br/><br/>Mr Jaitley said, since when has an election speech by one politician against another outside the House started to be construed as breach of privilege. Yesterday, the opposition party had staged protest in the Upper House over the issue, claiming that the PM had contradicted Parrikar by stating during an election rally that Italian court has indicted Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the chopper deal. Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said, he had called Naik to make a zero hour submission as per the notice he had given and not to raise any other issue like breach of privilege notice.

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