Congress seeks privilege proceedings against BJP MP Rajyavardhan Rathore for treason remarks on Sonia-Rahul

New Delhi: Congress leader and former union sports minister Ajay Maken on Saturday slammed the BJP MP from Rajasthan Rajyavardhan Rathore for his comments and sought privilege proceedings against him.

"As a former Sports Minister, I am asking Rajyavardhan Rathore, if the attached news is true. If true, as a former Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, I request our floor leaders to initiate breach of privilege proceedings against Rathore," he said.

He also attached a news report to back his claims of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi meeting the Indian sportsperson in Beijing during the Olympics.

Rathore had on Thursday in his speech in the Lok Sabha during the no-confidence motion alleged that during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Congress party purportedly engaged in a clandestine agreement with the Communist Party of China.

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were supposed to meet the athletes. However, the mother-son duo did not meet them and instead ‘met the Communist Party of China’ for a 'secret deal’, Rathore alleged, adding that ‘they should be tried for treason’, sparking a controversy.

He contends that Rahul Gandhi, in a discreet manner, inked an accord with Xi Jinping, who was the General Secretary back then and now serves as the President of China. Rathore emphasized that this agreement was not between nations, but rather between political parties.

With inputs from agencies

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