Jagdeep Dhankhar mimicry row: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Member of Parliament Harsimrat Kaur Badal at this time condemned the act of Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking the Rajya Sabha Chairman and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi capturing it on his cell digital camera.
Harsimrat Badal stated, “I strongly condemn this. You might not personally like people who are sitting with you but you need to respect the position and the post”.
NDA MPs in Rajya Sabha stood at their seats at this time (December 20) in the course of the Question Hour to precise their respect for Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and to protest towards the opposition over the mimicry incident within the Parliament premises yesterday.
Referring to Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking the Rajya Sabha Chairman and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi capturing it on his cell digital camera on Tuesday (December 19), Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi stated NDA MPs strongly condemn it.
He alleged that opposition events had “insulted” the Prime Minister and in addition the President for her tribal origins.”A member of the other house, who insulted your constitutional post…Rahul Gandhi…we strongly condemn insult to you and to your constitutional post. It is not good to defame any community. I am in Parliament for 20 years, it has happened for the first time to this level that there is no limit. I strongly condemn it,” he stated.
He stated that the opposition members had been repeatedly insulting these on constitutional posts.
“First, they insulted the Prime Minister because he come from a poor family, belongs to OBC community. They kept doing so even after he became the Prime Minister. Later, the President of India was insulted, she is from the tribal community.”
“You are kisan putra, first time a person from Jat community has reached this level, they are insulting the constitutional post of Vice President…in your respect and in protest against them, we will stand (during Question Hour)…”The treasury benches additionally raised the slogan “Uprashtrapati ka apmaan, nahi sahega Hindustan, Constitution ka apmaan, nahi sahega Hindustan.”Joshi stated the President has additionally condemned the incident.
“The President has said that 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. … the people of India expect to uphold it,” the minister stated. He stated the Lok Sabha Speaker has additionally condemned the incident.
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