As Anurag Thakur speaks in Lok Sabha, opposition chants ‘goli mantri go back’  

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.

While Opposition members, mainly from the Congress, were protesting against the amended citizenship law, they raised their pitch whenever Thakur started replying to questions.

Thakur, 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.

Belligerent 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)'. Members of the Opposition also chanted, “Goli Mantri Go Back."

Whenever Thakur was responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the members began sloganeering against him.

During the election rally, Thakur had egged on the crowd to raise an incendiary slogan, "shoot the traitors", after he lashed out at anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protestors.

The minister was banned from campaigning for this week's Delhi elections for 72 hours and will also be off the BJP's "star campaigner" list, the Election Commission ruled on Thursday. However, once the ban expires, Mr Thakur will be free to campaign once more.

The Jamia Millia Islamia Teachers Association on Friday blamed the BJP leader for the firing incidents near the university, in one of which a student was injured on Saturday, saying nothing can be more "anti-national" than a minister inciting citizens to indulge in violence from a public platform.

The Lower House also witnessed incessant protests against the amended citizenship law, and proposed NRC (National Register of Citizens) and NPR (National Population Register).