NEW DELHI: Congress chief and leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge prevailed upon the treasury benches in the Rajya Sabha on Friday with his satirical speech on the ruling BJP’s claim to win over 400 seats in the upcoming parliamentary polls. It all started when Union minister Piyush Goyal demanded an apology from the Congress for a controversial statement by party MP DK Suresh. Kharge stood up to comment the BJP claims to cross 400 seats.Kharge’s remark that ‘aap (BJP) to iss bar bolta abki baar 400 paar’(BJP says it will cross 400 seats in LS polls) evoked laughter among members of treasury benches, including PM Modi and leader of the House Piyush Goyal, who were participating in the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address.Kharge attacked the Modi government on women’s security, reservation and the delay by Jharkhand governor in administrating oath to Champai Soren. “You have a majority with 330-34, but you still claim to go over 400 seats,” Kharge said. This prompted Goyal to quip, “Whatever Kharge ji said is true.”
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