New Delhi: Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday (December 20) posted on X that Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to as him and spoke to him concerning the “theatrics of some Honorable MPs,” (referring to Kalyan Banerjee imitating Dhankhar throughout Opposition MPs protest towards suspension of 141 Members of Parliament).
The Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed him that PM Modi has been on the receiving finish of such insults for over twenty years and that the Prime Minister referred to as the entire episode 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 advanced yesterday. He informed 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,” stated the Vice-President within the lengthy put up on X.
The Vice-President stated in his put up that he informed the Prime Minister that “antics of some” gained’t forestall him from performing his responsibility 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 stated in his put up.
Kalyan Banerjee’s act attracts criticism
On Tuesday, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee got here below criticism for mimicking and imitating Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. The Vice-President commented on the incident and referred to as it “ridiculous” and “unacceptable.” The ruling BJP additionally attacked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for filming the act.
