The Congress party has filed a privilege notice against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of making false and defamatory assertions against Sonia Gandhi.
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00:00We have some news just coming in.
00:07The Congress giving a privilege notice against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
00:11Congress says Shah casting aspersions on Sonia Gandhi.
00:15Shah accused of maligning Sonia Gandhi's reputation.
00:18Congress MP says Shah's remarks are false defamatory.
00:21It's a privilege notice on the Home Minister.
00:25Amit Shah cast lures on Sonia Gandhi, says the Congress.
00:29Amit Shah had said Sonia led the Prime Minister Relief Fund in the UPA era.
00:34Public funds were used by the then Congress Chief, is what Amit Shah had said.
00:40It's fiery attack and the Congress has now fired back.
01:29I'm going straight across to Piyush for more details on that story.
01:52Piyush, take us to the details of what the Congress is now saying in the privilege notice
01:56that has been issued.
01:57Sonia Gandhi, Congress party is saying that these are fake allegations, defamatory allegations
02:04and it's a breach of privilege and that's why notice has also been served, which has
02:08been signed by Jairam Ramesh.
02:10Remember that Home Minister Amit Shah was speaking during the reply on Disaster Management
02:15Fund.
02:16Mentioned that the Prime Minister's Relief Fund was formed during the UPA tenure and Prime
02:23Minister's National Relief Fund was formed during the Modi government.
02:30PM Cares Fund basically was during the Modi government.
02:34So as far as the Relief Fund is concerned, then the President of the Congress party was
02:40the member of that and the funds were used to donate to other organizations related to
02:45the Congress party.
02:46And after the statement which has been made by Home Minister Amit Shah, we are now seeing
02:49as to how the Congress party has upped the ante and they are saying that these are unfounded
02:54false and defamatory allegations and that is why they have moved a privilege motion
02:59against Home Minister Amit Shah.
03:01As of now, the government has not responded.
03:05It is going to turn into a massive controversy where the Congress is now demanding answers
03:09from Home Minister Amit Shah.
03:11We'll have to wait and watch how the government is going to respond to this.
03:15But yes, the Congress is saying that the allegations that have been levelled by Amit
03:20Shah are unfounded and it's an attempt to malign the image of Sonia Gandhi.
03:25All right, Piyush, getting in those details, as far as that notice from the Congress against
03:30Home Minister Amit Shah is concerned, this has got to do with Amit Shah's comments against
03:34Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, the then Congress President, in which he spoke about the Prime Minister's
03:40Relief Fund and he said she in a way managed that, is what he said.