Rahul Gandhi stirred up the Lok Sabha by seeking permission to play a tape the Congress has claimed is evidence that former defence minister Manohar Parrikar had access to contentious files on the Indo-French Rafale deal.
This forced finance minister Arun Jaitley to step up and post a heated rejoinder.
This forced finance minister Arun Jaitley to step up and post a heated rejoinder.
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00:00Do I have your permission to play a little tape recording?
00:07This is a tape recording of the head minister of Goa.
00:14Do I have your permission, madam?
00:30Now, with your permission, speaker madam, I would like to play a little tape recording
00:47that has been released today in the media.
00:52Do I have your permission, speaker madam?
00:55This is a tape recording of the head minister of Goa.
01:04Do I have your permission, madam?
01:07I have a point of order.
01:10The last time the honourable member spoke about Rafael,
01:14he lied before the whole nation by concocting a conversation between him and the French president.
01:22The French government contradicted him.
01:25Today, he wants to rely on a recording which is false and fabricated,
01:31let him authenticate it, place it on the table of the house,
01:35and open himself for an action of privilege.
01:38There is no such procedure that he can play a tape.
01:41He has to authenticate it, take a responsibility,
01:44and face an expulsion from the house under a privilege motion if it is found to be false.
01:50That's why I am not allowing it.
01:52Madam, I would like to, in the spirit of the 21st century,
01:55I would like to play this recording.
01:58It is a recording of a minister in the Goa government
02:03where he is clearly stating something the chief minister of Goa has stated in a cabinet meeting.
02:10How can you not do this, Rahulji? Please listen to me.
02:15Nothing will go on record like this.
02:20You will have to, no.
02:22You have to authenticate it.
02:26He does not want such a recording.
02:29No, no.
02:30Okay, madam.
02:31If you are not going to give me permission because they are scared,
02:34I will read the transcript of the recording.
02:37No, you have to authenticate it.
02:40Good evening, sir.
02:41I am sorry.
02:42Good evening, I had called today.
02:44Rahulji, please listen to me.
02:46No, I don't want to.
02:47Are you authenticating it?
02:48I called today.
02:51It will not go, something.
02:53He can't focus. He can't make others speak aloud.
02:57One minute. One minute.
03:00It was not like this. I just called.
03:04You have to read out the recorded statement here.
03:09Please listen to me.
03:12Listen to me.
03:15Listen to me.
03:19I don't know.
03:23If you want to read the recorded statement, you have to authenticate it.
03:29He has to authenticate it.
03:32Is he authenticating it?
03:35He has to authenticate it.
03:37He has to authenticate it.
03:44Tell me the authenticity.
03:46You can't read it like this.
03:56So, ma'am, madam, I understand that they are very terrified of this type of thing.
04:01Are you authenticating the statement?
04:03So, ma'am, I will not play the tape.
04:07Not?
04:08I will not play the tape.
04:10If it makes you happy.
04:13If it makes you happy, I will not play the tape.
04:18Because it is false, he refuses to authenticate it.
04:21This man lies repeatedly. He lies five times a day.