Parliamentary Standing Committee not an extension of Congress: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey to Shashi Tharoor

BJP MP and a member of the parliamentary panel Nishikant Dubey today targeted Shashi Tharoor after he summoned Facebook before the Parliamentary panel.

Nishikant Dubey said that Shashi Tharoor was treating the committee as an extension of Congress party.

"Shri Tharoor should realise the Parliamentary Standing Committee is an extension of Parliament, not the Congress party, according to the rules of parliament only the speaker can summon the private persons," the BJP leader said on Twitter.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, on Monday announced that he has summoned executives from Facebook over news reports that the company went soft on right-wing elements and BJP leaders who had delivered hate speeches, prior to the 2019 general elections.