Facebook controversy: BJP MP gives breach of privilege notice against Shashi Tharoor

BJP MP and a member of the Standing Committee on Information Technology Nishikant Dubey Wednesday moved a notice for breach of privilege against committee chairman Shashi Tharoor over the Congress leader’s notice to Facebook asking it to appear before the panel.

Dubey, in the notice, alleged that Tharoor had sent the notice without following rules and had “surpassed all limits of decency, ethics and basic tenets of Parliamentary procedures and practices”.

“Tharoor has surpassed all limits of decency, ethics and basic tenets of Parliamentary procedure and practice vis-a-vis smooth functioning of Parliamentary Committee by way of committing a grave breach of privilege,