Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar mentioned he obtained a name from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the latter expressed ache over the TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee’s act of mimicking Dhankhar, the Chairman of Rajya Sabha. Taking to X, previously Twitter, Dhankhar mentioned the PM advised him he had been receiving “finish of such insults for twenty years and counting”, however termed the identical occurring with the Vice-President as “unlucky”.
“Acquired 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 advised me that he has been on the receiving finish of such insults for twenty years and counting however the truth that it might occur to a Constitutional workplace just like the Vice President of India and that too within the Parliament was unlucky,” Dhankhar mentioned.
Acquired 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 advised me that he has been on the receiving finish of such insults for twenty…
— Vice President of India (@VPIndia) December 20, 2023
“I advised him- Mr. Prime Minister, the antics of some received’t forestall me from performing my obligation and upholding the ideas enshrined in our Structure. I’m dedicated to these values from the underside of my coronary heart. Not one of the insults will make me change my path,” he added.
President Droupadi Murmu additionally expressed ache over the incident. “I used to be dismayed to see the way through which our revered Vice President was humiliated within the Parliament complicated. Elected representatives should be free to specific themselves, however their expression must be throughout the norms of dignity and courtesy. That has been the Parliamentary custom we’re pleased with, and the Individuals of India anticipate them to uphold it,” the President posted on X.
I used to be dismayed to see the way through which our revered Vice President was humiliated within the Parliament complicated. Elected representatives should be free to specific themselves, however their expression must be throughout the norms of dignity and courtesy. That has been the Parliamentary…
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) December 20, 2023
Kalyan Banerjee, a TMC MP, was seen in a video shouting and gesticulating animatedly as he mimicked the Vice President on the steps outdoors the “Makar Dwar” of the brand new Parliament constructing. He was heard saying, “My backbone is so straight, I am so tall,” as he portrayed the Home proceedings in an impromptu skit. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs current there watching him burst into laughter, whereas Congress MP Rahul Gandhi filmed the ‘efficiency’.
The MPs have been protesting towards their suspension in Parliament. On Tuesday, 141 MPs have been suspended from Parliament for disrupting proceedings.
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