Yechury moves privilege move against Irani

In a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman, Yechury sought protection from the Chair, saying he was being “innundated with phone calls and messages full of profanity, obscenity and threats to him on the basis of allegations and calumny” spread against him in the House during the proceedings on February 26. 

“During the discussions on February 26, HRD Minister made completely baseless allegations against me imputing motives that are completely false. These allegations suggest that I had made some comments denigrating the Hindu goddess Durga. “There is absolutely no reference of anything of this nature in the course of the long discussions in the House. 

Such totally baseless allegations have had the incendiary effect of resulting in the threats, intimidation and harassment that I continue to be subjected to,” Yechury said in his letter. 

The CPM leader said the “baseless and completely unfounded allegations by the Minister against me on the floor of the House has led to a barrage of threatening calls to me, aimed primarily at obstructing my functioning as MP and in discharging duties as MP and is a clear case of breach of my privilege as MP.” Yechury sought the Chair’s intervention in the matter