Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi alleged on Thursday, December 19, that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi pushed an MP, causing the individual to fall on him amid a showdown between the ruling and the Opposition parties over the Ambedkar row.

Reacting to the claims, Rahul Gandhi alleged that he was pushed by some BJP MPs.

“This might be on your camera. I was trying to go inside through the Parliament entrance, BJP MPs were trying to stop me, push me and threaten me. So this happened…But we do not get affected by jostling,” Rahul Gandhi said.

He further added: “But this is the entrance and we have the right to go in. BJP MPs were trying to stop us from going in...The central issue is that they are attacking the Constitution and insulting the memory of Ambedkar ji.”