New Delhi: While the Bharatiya Janata Party continues to battle the opposition against its leader Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti over her recent controversial remarks, another party MP is in the dock for his statement on the floor of the Lok Sabha.

Former Uttarakhand chief minister and BJP MP Ramesh Pokhriyal on Wednesday sparked a row in Lok Sabha by comparing science and astrology. Pokhriyal claimed that the power of stars in astrology can never be matched by science.

“All streams of science are dwarfed in stature when compared with the science of astrology. Astrology is the number one science for the entire world,” he said.

The BJP leader made the statement while participating in a debate on the School of Planning and Architecture Bill, 2014 in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Several opposition members in the House including the Congress, Trinamool and Left leaders protested against Pokhriyal’s ‘regressive’ remarks.

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