TMC MP Was Seen Sliding Her Louis Vuitton Bag Under A Bench As 'Price Rise' Issue Was Raised In Parliament
Louis Vuitton has been trending on Twitter. Wondering why? As someone was raising the issue of price rise in the Parliament, someone was seen quickly sliding their Louis Vuitton bag under a bench. The video is now doing the rounds on the internet.
Moitra in the eye of controversy
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, who is known for her firebrand speeches in the Parliament, found herself in the middle of a controversy as the short clip of her went viral on social media during the price rise debate in the Lok Sabha.?
After the Opposition¡¯s constant demands, the Parliament conducted a price rise debate in the Lok Sabha. In the video that has emerged on social media, Trinamool Congress¡¯s Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar could be seen speaking in the Lok Sabha while Moitra is sitting right next to her.
As soon as Dastidar raised the issue of price rise, Moitra, it appeared, quickly slid her Louis Vuitton bag under the table.?As per IANS, it was a Louis Vuitton bag priced at around Rs 1.5 lakh.??
Viral video clip
Watch the viral video below:
Netizens slam Moitra
The clip was shared widely and so much that that #LouisVuitton began to trend on Twitter. Netizens slammed Moitra for carrying an expensive handbag from the luxury brand, all the while talking about the inflation issues of the common man.
Dastidar also flashed a raw brinjal and then took a bite out of it during the discussion on the issue of price rise, underscoring that high gas prices are making cooking prohibitively expensive for the poor.
"I thank the chair for allowing a debate on price rise," she said, adding that it has taken a long time for even the debate to take place.
"The prices of LPG cylinder have been raised four times in the last few months," she said. "From ? 600, it is now 1,100."The MP said the cylinder rates must be scaled back.
In July, cooking gas LPG price was hiked by ? 50 per cylinder, the eighth increase in rates in the last one year.
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