“You insulted my background…”: Jagdeep Dhankhar to P. Chidambaram

49 more Lok Sabha MPs from opposition parties suspended.

New Delhi: Stating that the position of the Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman was disrespected, Jagdeep Dhankhar, accused Congress Party’s Rajya Sabha Member Palaniappan Chidambaram of insulting “my background as a farmer, my position as a Jat”.

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Expressing his anguish and pain over today’s happenings in the Parliament when 49 more Opposition members were suspended from Lok Sabha taking the number of suspended MPs to 141 from both Houses, Vice President Dhankhar said he was feeling personally hurt by the targeting of his farmer and Jat background.

Taking on Chidambaram, he said, “Imagine what must be going through my heart when your senior leader (Rahul Gandhi) video graphs a Member of Parliament (Kalyan Bannerjee) mocking the Institution of Chairman, as an individual take on me”.  He further asked Chidambaram, “a senior member of Parliament is videotaping another member… for what?”

#RajyaSabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed pain and displeasure in the Upper House.

Chair singles out Congress leader P. Chidambaram, accuses his party of posting a video on social media that insults the Chairman’s “background as a farmer”. @VPIndia pic.twitter.com/UhoU5x2HOa

— SansadTV (@sansad_tv) December 19, 2023

Condemning the ravaging of the institutions of the Chairman of Rajya Sabha by a political party that has ruled for so long,  Dhankhar said, “This is not just an insult to a farmer and a community, it is an insult to the office of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.”

Dhankhar labelled this incident as “the occasion to see the lowest level”.  He further added, “Mr. Chidambram, your party posted a video which was withdrawn later on. That was a shame to me. You used the official Twitter handle of the spokesperson (of the party) to demean me, insult me, insult my background as a farmer, insult my position as a Jat, insult my position as a Chairman.”

Meanwhile, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi accused the Opposition of insulting the Parliament and people’s mandate.

The Opposition alliance -I.N.D.I.A. – stated it would protest the suspension of MPs all over the country on December 22, 2023. It further said that it will announce its Prime Ministerial candidate only after the general elections next year.

– global bihari bureau