New Delhi: Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, 44 newly-elected members of the House took oath of office in Rajya Sabha today while following basic social distancing norms. Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath of office & secrecy to the lawmakers.
Scindia-Digvijaya drop hostility, exchange greetings
However, during the oath-ceremony, one image stood out from others for obvious reasons. Jyotiraditya Scindia came face-to-face with Digvijaya Singh along with Ghulam Nabi Azad. However, both leaders exchanged warm greetings with folded hands, leaving aside their political hostility.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, the leader of Opposition in the House was also standing nearby and was seen making some gestures.
The two leaders recently had a war of words over Scindia switching political loyalties and the latter taking a dig at Congress veterans with ‘tiger zinda hai’ jibe.
2/2 प्रदेश के शीर्ष नेतृत्व व सभी विधायक साथियों का आभार, जिन्होंने मुझे राज्यसभा में पार्टी का प्रतिनिधित्व करने का मौका दिया। @ChouhanShivraj pic.twitter.com/Ay7Wy8BLyn
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) July 22, 2020
When Scindia’s tiger analogy incensed Digvijay & Kamal Nath
Not long ago, Jyotiraditya Scindia’s tiger analogy had triggered war of words between him and senior Congressmen Digvijay Singh & Kamal Nath.
Scindia, who pulled down the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government by switching over to BJP from Congress 3 months, he thundered the popular Bollywood line ‘tiger abhi zinda hai.’
Digvijaya and Kamal Nath took exception to Scindia’s apparent jibe at them and used similar metaphor to hit back at the former Congress leader.
Digvijaya tweeted that ‘only one tiger can stay in the forest’ while Kamal Nath also took potshots at Scindia by calling him a circus tiger.
Claim for Rajya Sabha seat was apparently one of the reasons behind Scindia’s rebellion from Congress, as the party was reportedly mulling Digvijaya over him.