It was the much-awaited return of Rahul Gandhi to the Lok Sabha. The Wayanad MP started the debate by thanking the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for reinstating him as the member of the Lok Sabha, and also apologised for his last speech in which he mentioned Adani. “In my last speech in the House, I spoke about Adani. I might have hurt many people. So I apologise…today I want to tell my friends in the BJP that there is no reason to be scared today as my main speech will not be around Adani. Yes, I will obviously throw some brickbats,” Rahul Gandhi said.

Quoting Rumi, Rahul Gandhi said he would speak from his heart today and not from the head, amid uproar from the NDA MPs as Rahul Gandhi started speaking on his Bharat Jodo Yatra. "Wait for a few more minutes if you have waited for a day," Rahul Gandhi said asking for patience as he was completing the prelude to his main speech on the no-confidence motion.

Addressing the Lower House during the debate on the no-confidence motion against the BJP government, Gandhi said, "India is a voice, a voice of the heart. You have killed that voice in Manipur. You have murdered Bharat Mata in Manipur. You are traitors. My mother is sitting here. The other mother, Bharat Mata, you killed her in Manipur. That is why Prime Minister does not visit Manipur. You are not protectors of Bharat Mata, you are her killers."

"The Prime Minister has not gone to Manipur because he doesn't consider it a part of India. You (BJP) have divided Manipur," Mr Gandhi said, amid loud protests from the treasury benches. He alleged that the centre can stop the violence in Manipur by calling in the Army, but has not acted yet.

Invoking the epic Ramayana, Gandhi said Ravan was not killed by Ram, but by his arrogance. "You have sprinkled kerosene everywhere, you have set fire to Manipur, you are now trying the same thing in Haryana," he said, referring to recent communal clashes in Gurugram and Nuh that killed six people.

Source: HindustanTimes and NDTV