Suspended BJP lawmaker Kirti Azad on Sunday said that he had supported the government's stand in Parliament.
Suspended BJP lawmaker Kirti Azad on Sunday rejected suggestions that he raised the DDCA issue in the Lok Sabha on the "instructions" of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and said he had only supported his party in its fight against corruption.
"Accusing me of speaking on Cong-Pres (Congress-President's) instructions is undermining the role of the Chair i.e Speaker. The Chair decides who will speak," Mr Azad said in a tweet.
He also said he had supported the government's stand in Parliament. "I supported (the) Govt. stand in Parliament & wish to inform my party BJP spokespersons that no one can speak w/o (without) Speaker's permission," he said in another tweet.
The former India cricketer and Darbhanga lawmaker's response came days after the BJP suspended him for "anti-party" activities within and outside Parliament, "lowering the prestige" of the party and its office-bearers.
"You have colluded with opposition parties, including Congress and AAP, and embarrassed the party and its office bearers. You have both inside and outside Parliament conducted yourself in a manner which clearly amounts to indiscipline and anti-party activities...," a BJP Parliamentary Board notice to Mr Azad read.
While maintaining that the BJP was against corruption and it had not shied away from a probe, he had said in the Lok Sabha that instead of disrupting the House, Congress should seek a time-bound special investigation into the matters of Delhi and District Cricket Association.