India, Feb. 11 -- Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said "very ugly scenes" could have taken place had the BJP MPs been allowed to confront the Congress members on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Lok Sabha.

Commenting on the video that showed Opposition women MPs coming to the treasury benches on February 4, Rijiju asked if anyone could justify the behaviour of the Opposition members.

He said the direction from the BJP leadership was very clear that members belonging to the ruling alliance must maintain the dignity of the House and no MP of the ruling party should get into physical confrontation with the "rude Opposition MPs".

"The Congress party ...