‘Prez Murmu, PM Modi expressed pain, called mockery incident unfortunate’: Jadgeep Dhankhar
On Wednesday, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that he received a call from President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During conversion with PM Modi, the latter expressed “great pain over the abject theatrics of some MPs”. President Droupadi Murmu also expressed her dismay at how Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was “humiliated” in the Parliament complex.
“I was dismayed to see the manner in which our respected Vice President was humiliated in the Parliament complex. Elected representatives must be free to express themselves, but their expression should be within the norms of dignity and courtesy. That has been the Parliamentary tradition we are proud of, and the People of India expect them to uphold it,” the President Murmu posted on her official social media handle.
In a post on X, Dhankhar said: “Received a telephone call from the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi Ji. He expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some MPs and that too in the sacred Parliament complex yesterday. 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.
“I told him – 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.”
A Trinamool MP, Kalyan Banerjee, mimicked Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar during an opposition protest at Parliament, drawing laughter from other members as some, like Rahul Gandhi, took videos on their mobile phones.
As the TMC leader was making a mockery of the Rajya Sabha Chairman, other MPs were laughing, and Rahul Gandhi was seen taking a video on his mobile phone.
On Tuesday, the Rajya Sabha chairman expressed disapproval of suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee mocking him during a protest at Parliament premises, saying that the mimicry was “ridiculous” and “unacceptable”.
Banerjee, surrounded by the other suspended MPs at Parliament’s Makar Dwar, was seen mimicking the Vice President while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was purportedly seen filming the Trinamool Congress MP using his mobile phone.
As the House reconvened at 12 noon after being adjourned, Dhankhar took strong note of the incident and said: “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.”
[With Inputs from IANS]
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