Battle lines between government and Opposition were drawn further when TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicked Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in Parliament premises. Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice during the pre-lunch period on Tuesday after opposition members continued to create uproar in the house while raising the issue of Parliament security breach.
The chairman raised the issue of mimicry of the speaker and the chairman by an MP and the videography of the act, saying this was shameful and there has to be a limit.
As the House reconvened at 12 noon after being adjourned, Dhankhar took 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.”
BJP were left fuming by Banerjee’s act, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for “filming and cheering the contemptible act” of the suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar.
The incident took place during a protest in Parliament premises .
Sharing a clip of the protest on his official social media account, X, Kiren Rijiju said, “MP is mocking Hon’ble Vice President of our Country, while Rahul Gandhi is cheering and filming the contemptible act !!”
इंसान किस हद तक नीचे गिर सकता है?
MP is mocking Hon’ble Vice President of our Country, while Rahul Gandhi is cheering and filming the contemptible act !! pic.twitter.com/ivoZAP0eNz
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) December 19, 2023
In the video clip, the TMC leader is seen making some gestures with both of his hands while Rahul Gandhi is filming the act on his mobile phone as other members burst out in laughter.
अशोभनीय और अति दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण!
For the record – Congress supports those who RIDICULE a constitutional position! pic.twitter.com/OGf0L0vLC3
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) December 19, 2023
Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal also criticised the Congress in his post on X, “For the record — Congress supports those who ridicule a constitutional position!”
