Anti-CAA protest: Congress members protest against Anurag Thakur in Lok Sabha

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday raised slogans against Union minister Anurag Thakur in Lok Sabha over his controversial remarks during a recent election rally in the national capital.nnWhile Opposition members, mainly from the Congress, were protesting against the amended citizenship law, they raised their pitch whenever Thakur started replying to questions.nnThakur, who is the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, had made some controversial remarks during a recent poll rally in the national capital.nnBelligerent Congress members, who were in the Well, shouted slogans against the minister and asked ‘Aapka goli kaha hai? (where is your bullet?)’, an apparent reference to the minister’s controversial remarks. Some members also shouted ‘Goli maarna band karo (Stop shooting)’.nnWhenever Thakur was responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the members began sloganeering against him.nnDuring the election rally, Thakur had egged on the crowd to raise an incendiary slogan, “shoot the traitors”, after he lashed out atnnanti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protestors.nnThe Election Commission had also banned him for three days from campaigning for the Delhi elections in the wake of his controversial remarks.nnThe Lower House also witnessed incessant protests against the amended citizenship law, and proposed NRC (National Register of Citizens) and NPR (National Population Register).nnSource: Press Trust of India