Meerut: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday launched a veiled assault on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his comment in UK. The chairman of RS, LS mentioned that mics have by no means been turned off in these assemblies after he took oath. “I am Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha is a huge panchayat where mics have never been turned off. Someone goes out & says mics are turned off in this nation…yes there was a time during Emergency when mics were turned off,” Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar mentioned whereas addressing an Ayurveda occasion in Meerut. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday (March 6, 2023) advised British parliamentarians that functioning microphones within the Indian Parliament are sometimes silenced in opposition to the Opposition.
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Earlier on Thursday, Dhankhar mentioned whereas India is having its moments of glory G20 presidency, some parliamentarians are engaged within the inconsiderate unfair denigration of our well-nurtured democratic values. Vice President Dhankhar launched a guide on Mundaka Upanishad written by Dr Karan Singh. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Dhankhar mentioned India is probably the most practical democracy that has evoked world recognition. India is setting world discourse on many points.Â
“How ironic how painful! While the world is applauding our historic accomplishments as a functional vibrant democracy, some amongst us including parliamentarians are engaged in the thoughtless unfair denigration of our well-nurtured democratic values. How can we justify such wanton orchestration of a factually untenable narrative,” he mentioned.
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘We Can’t Switch Our Mics’ Remark In UK
During an occasion organised by veteran Indian-origin Opposition Labour Party MP Virendra Sharma within the Grand Committee Room throughout the House of Commons in London, Gandhi used a defective microphone within the room to make his level about what he described as a “stifling” of Opposition in India.
“Our mics are not out of order, they are functioning, but you still can’t switch them on. That’s happened to me a number of times while I am speaking,” Gandhi advised the gathering, in response to a query about sharing his expertise of being a politician in India together with his British counterparts.
