TMC leader's mimicry of VP | President, PM Modi extend support to Dhankhar
The Hindu
President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 20 extended their support to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar over TMC leader’s mimicry of Mr. Dhankhar on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed great pain over the “abject theatrics” of some MPs in Parliament complex, the Vice President’s office said.
President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 20 extended their support to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar over TMC leader’s mimicry of Mr. Dhankhar on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed great pain over the “abject theatrics” of some MPs in Parliament complex, the Vice President’s office said.
“Received a telephone call from the Prime Minister, Shri @narendramodi Ji. He expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some Honourable MPs and that too in the sacred Parliament complex yesterday,” the Vice President’s Secretariat said.
"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 and that too in Parliament was unfortunate,” Mr. Dhankhar was quoted as saying on X.
Mr. Dhankhar told the prime minister that such incidents will not deter him from doing his duty.
“I told him- Mr. 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,” Mr. Dhankhar said.
Meanwhile, President Droupadi Murmu on X said, “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.”
A political row broke out on Tuesday after Trinamool Congress leader Kalyan Banerjee derisively mimicked Dhankhar during the opposition's protest on the stairs of Parliament against the MPs' suspension, drawing strong condemnation from the ruling BJP.
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