TMC submits notice to talk 'atrocities' in Rajya Sabha

Trinamool Congress MPs have submitted a notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha, for suspension of all business and to take up discussion on "serious incidents of recent atrocities on SC/STs" on Monday.

This comes after a three-member TMC delegation led by MP Derek O'Brien which was on its way to Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district to meet the families of those affected in the firing earlier this week, was stopped at the Varanasi airport on Saturday. However, the delegation was later allowed by the administration to visit the hospital where the injured are admitted.

Earlier in the day, taking a jibe at CM Yogi Adityanath's visit to the aggrieved, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Sunday, "I welcome UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's visit to Sonbhadra. Standing with the affected people is the duty of the government. Acknowledging one's duty is good."

Meanwhile, amid the furore, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on Sunday postponed its proposed visit to the Umbha village where the incident occurred. "In consideration of the prevailing situation, the proposed visit of Dr Nand Kumar Sai, Chairperson, NCST along with a team in Umbha village of Sonbhadra District of Uttar Pradesh on July 22, 2019 in connection with killing of 10 persons belonging to Scheduled Tribes, is deferred," said a statement issued by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.