Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar Wednesday mentioned he won’t tolerate insult to his publish after his was mimicked by Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee exterior the parliament on Tuesday and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi filming the act.
Earlier within the day, Dhankar shared a publish on X, previously often known as Twitter, wherein he talked about about his telephonic dialog with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who described the incident as a “personal attack”.
“He (PM Modi) expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some Honourable MPs and that too in the sacred Parliament complex…,” Dhankar mentioned.
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“He told me that he has been at the receiving end of such insults for twenty years and counting but the fact that it could happen to a Constitutional office like the Vice President of India and that too in the Parliament was unfortunate,” Dhankar mentioned.
Obtained a phone name from the Prime Minister, Shri @narendramodi Ji. He expressed nice ache over the abject theatrics of some Honourable MPs and that too within the sacred Parliament complicated yesterday. He informed me that he has been on the receiving finish of such insults for twenty…
— Vice President of India (@VPIndia) December 20, 2023
The Vice President additional mentioned, he informed the Prime Minister, “the antics of a few won’t prevent me from performing my duty and upholding the principles enshrined in our Constitution. I am committed to those values from the bottom of my heart. None of the insults will make me change my path.”
On Tuesday, movies from exterior the Parliament that went viral confirmed Rahul Gandhi filming Serampore MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking Dhankar as opposition MPs, who had been protesting exterior Parliament towards the mass suspension from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, burst into laughter.
Dhankar, on Tuesday, slammed Rahul Gandhi with out taking his identify for filming video his Banerjee mimicking the RS Chair exterior Parliament.
“One of your (Congress) big leader was making video of one of the member unparliamentary behavior. There should be some limit. A senior members of a party making video of another party member who is doing mimicry of chair. How ridiculous and shameful it is,” mentioned Dhankar after the Home reconvened at midday after being adjourned.
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Taking the observe of the incident, Dhankar mentioned, “Office of Chairman, Rajya Sabha and Office of Speaker is very different. Political parties will have their cross currents, they will have exchanges, but imagine a senior leader of your party, video graphing another member of another party. Mimicry of the Chairman, mimicry of Speaker. How ridiculous, how shameful, how unacceptable.”
In the meantime, all feminine MPs of BJP will protest at Gandhi statue at 2 pm on Wednesday for the insult to Jagdeep Dhankar.
With inputs from businesses