Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “hiding behind” Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday (February 5, 2026) dismissed as an “absolute lie” the claim that Opposition members were planning to hurt Mr. Modi.
“If you are going to allow your members to quote books, talk nonsense, the Opposition benches are going to protest. I am sorry, the Prime Minister is hiding behind the Speaker… because three women were standing before his bench, what nonsense is this,” Ms. Vadra told reporters outside the House.
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Her remarks came after Mr. Birla said in the Lok Sabha that he had asked the Prime Minister not to come to the House to deliver his address, following “concrete information” that some Congress MPs could carry out an “unexpected act” near his seat.
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