Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge visited the hospital to check on MP Phulo Devi and expressed his disappointment at the House's behaviour for not adjourning the session when she collapsed
A major drama unfolded in the Rajya Sabha on Friday when opposition leaders staged a walkout from the house after the chairman declined to adjourn the proceedings, despite a Congress MP collapsing inside the parliament premises while protesting the NEET paper leak controversy.
Congress party’s Rajya Sabha MP Phulo Devi Netam fainted during the protest and fell inside the parliament. She was later taken to RML Hospital, and her condition is currently stable.
#WATCH | Congress party’s Rajya Sabha MP Phulo Devi Netam being taken away in an ambulance from Parliament after she felt dizzy and fell. She was protesting in the Well of of the House over NEET issue when the incident happened. She is being taken to RML hospital. pic.twitter.com/ljyXgCfuMA— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2024
Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge visited the hospital to check on her and expressed his disappointment at the House’s behaviour for not adjourning the session when she collapsed.
Regarding Phulo Devi’s health, Kharge said, “Doctors will take her for a CT scan. After that, they will tell everything. She fell but still, the House was not adjourned, it was going on. No one came to see. The members of the House should be treated properly and I condemn this behaviour of the House which they showed.”
BJD MP Sasmit Patra in an X post informed that the entire Opposition walked out in protest from Rajya Sabha after the demand for adjournment of the House was not met following Devi Netam fainting in the well of the House during the protest.
A commotion erupted in the Upper House over alleged irregularities in the conduct of NEET, and Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed anguish over the Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge entering the Well of the House. The proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm.
“The leader of the opposition has entered the Well of the House. This has never happened,” Dhankhar said before adjourning the proceedings till 2 pm.
Opposition members also raised slogans while BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi was speaking during the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address.
The government assured that it will reply on the NEET issue.
