PM Modi calls up Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar, expresses pain over mimicry episode

A day after he expressed displeasure over suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee’s act of imitating him, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said that he received a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some MPs during a protest on Parliament premises.

Taking to X, Dhankhar wrote, “Received a telephone call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some MPs and that too in the Parliament complex yesterday.”

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar tweets, “Received a telephone call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some MPs and that too in the Parliament complex yesterday. He told me that he has been at the receiving end of such insults… pic.twitter.com/TBhJSMPu9d

— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2023

He said that PM Modi told him that he too has been at the receiving end of such insults but such a thing happening to Constitutional chair was unfortunate.

“He (PM Modi) 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 of India and that too in the Parliament was unfortunate,” wrote Dhankar.

Dhankar said that he told the Prime Minister that the antics of a few won’t prevent him from performing his duty and upholding the principles enshrined in the Constitution.

“I am committed to those values from the bottom of my heart. None of the insults will make me change my path,” added Dhankar.

TMC MP Banerjee, while protesting with other suspended MPs at Parliament’s Makar Dwar, was seen imitating the Vice President, while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filmed the Trinamool MP using his phone.

TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mimics Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.