Parliament Live: Remember Quattrocchi? Arun Jaitley hits back at Rahul Gandhi for Vijay Mallya comment

Shashi Tharoor critiqued FM Arun Jaitley's Budget in the Lok Sabha interspersing it with one liners in Hindi. "I couldn't help feeling vindicated seeing govt using UPA ideas that they have been objecting previously," he said.

However, he added, "We welcome the increased allocations for Swachh Bharat campaign." 

"This govt has not done enough to set up systems to assist victims of violence and rape," he said.

"Last year, Mr Jaitley promised that 6 crore toilets will be built. Actual achievement is barely 10%, 62 lakh."

Responding to Rahul Gandhi's comment on Vijay Mallya, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, "There's a proper legal process that needs to be followed to prevent somebody from leaving the nation. Let the bankers take all the steps to recover their money. Must remind Rahul Gandhi of fact that there is a basic difference between Mallya leaving and Quattrocchi leaving the nation. The day Mallya left the country, banks had not started the legal process, it should've been better if they had done that."

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2:45 PM.

"A terrorist is a terrorist. Terror has no caste or religion," Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in Lok Sabha.

But there has been a flip-flop by previous Govt with regard to #IshratJahan's case: HM Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha pic.twitter.com/CDRUCrrecj

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Meanwhile, the Ishrat Jehan case also caused an uproar. "Not only India but the entire World is facing menace of terrorism today. Any issue related to terrorism shouldn't be politicised. Be it Ishrat Jahan's case or any other such case, there shouldn't be flip-flop by any government," said Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha.

He added, "But there has been a flip-flop by the previous govt with regard to the Ishrat Jahan's case. David Headley's statement is only a reaffirmation of what UPA govt said in its earlier affidavit."

PM spoke in both houses of Parliament but he did not answer a single question on 'Fair & Lovely' scheme-Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/SAF4noGrNB

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Meanwhile, Congress MPs led by Sonia Gandhi staged a walkout in Lok Sabha over the Vijay Mallya issue.

Vice President Rahul Gandhi said, "The question is, how did a man who stole Rs 9000 crore leave the country. Neither Modi ji nor Arun ji gave an answer in the Parliament. They talk about bringing back black money, then how did they allow this?"

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, "Banks will take every possible action against defaulters." He also said that banks would recover every penny from Vijay Mallya. Read More 

Minister of State (MoS) for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the government will not let liquor baron Vijay Mallya escape with the money of Indian citizens. Naqvi told ANI, "We will get hold of Vijay Mallya, we will not let him escape like this. Anyone who has siphoned nation's money illicitly we will not let them live in peace."

Government does not allow us to speak. PM does not like to discuss these issues: Rahul Gandhi on Vijay Mallya issue pic.twitter.com/zEfIbXZQ1G

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Meanwhile, questioning why Vijay Mallya was allowed to leave the country, Jairam Ramesh said, "The question is not about who gave loans to Mallya, the question is why was he allowed to leave India. Banks did not file case till 5 March, when AG told that Vijay Mallya left the nation."