Expressing his anguish and pain over today’s happenings in the Parliament, the Vice President, Jagdeep Dhankhar said he was feeling personally hurt by the targeting of his farmer and Jat background. Taking on Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP, P. 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 Mr. Chidambaram, “a senior member of Parliament is videotaping another member… for what?”
Condemning the ravaging of the institutions of Chairman, 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 labeled 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 Chidambram, your party posted a video which was withdrawn later on.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.”
