The Rajya Sabha witnessed an uproar this morning
over Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani's
remark on Goddess Durga, with the opposition demanding her apology.
"We demand apology from Smriti Irani and that the
portion about Durga should be expunged from the records," Leader of
Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said.
"The HRD Minister must apologise for what she said about Goddess Durga, it is blasphemous," said Congress leader Anand Sharma.
Meanwhile, the HRD Minister said her comments in the Upper House were made on veracity of facts.
"The documents which I read yesterday were
official documents from the Jawaharlal Nehru University; these are not
documents of the Government. I am a practicing Hindu and I was pained to
read out the pamphlet on Goddess Durga," Irani said.
While, the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, P J Kurien
intervened to ease the atmosphere, saying he would go through the
record and would expunge blasphemous statements.
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