Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the government will move a privilege notice against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making baseless and misleading statements in the Lok Sabha during the Budget discussion. Rijiju said Gandhi made serious allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri without prior notice or substantiation, calling it a breach of parliamentary rules.

During his speech, Gandhi criticised the government's trade engagement with the US, alleging that India had compromised its sovereignty, energy security, farmers' interests, digital data rules, and tariff position. He said an INDIA alliance government would have negotiated as an equal a...