The Congress has written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, asking him not to consider farmer leaders' media interaction after meeting with Rahul Gandhi in the Parliament complex last week as a violation of decorum. This comes after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's "halwa" remark on the halwa ceremony. In her reply to the Budget discussion, Sitharaman also brought up past instances of non-parliamentarians, including women filmstars, interacting with the media on various occasions.
Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued to clash in the ongoing Parliament session, with Gandhi's fiery speech facing expunction from the records. He wrote to the Speaker requesting the restoration of his remarks, while Congress MP KC Venugopal alleged bias against BJP MP Anurag Thakur, whose speech was treated differently. In his reply to the Lok Sabha debate, Venugopal challenged the Prime Minister to investigate the electoral bond scam, calling it one of the biggest scandals in the country.