‘Who disrespected and how?’: Rahul Gandhi denies sharing mimicry clip on V-P, says it stays on his phone

He also questioned why was there was no discussion over MPs being “thrown out” of the House. “Our 150 MPs were thrown out, but there is no discussion in the media on that; no discussion on Adani, Rafael and unemployment,” he said.

VIDEO | “Who disrespected and how? MPs were sitting there (in the Parliament premises), I shot their video. Our 150 MPs were thrown out, but there is no discussion in the media on that; no discussion on Adani, Rafael and unemployment,” says Congress leader @RahulGandhi in… pic.twitter.com/u72anELdBP

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On Tuesday, in a video clip, Trinamool Congress leader Kalyan Banerjee, surrounded by other Opposition leaders, was seen ostensibly impersonating the Rajya Sabha Chairperson and saying: “My spine is so straight, I’m so tall,” while Rahul Gandhi was seen recording the TMC MP.

Dhankhar, reacting to it, called the act “shameful, ridiculous and unacceptable”.

While Dhankhar has said that he will not tolerate any insult to Parliament and the post he holds, the TMC MP retorted that his intention was never to hurt anyone. He added that mimicry was an art that was also done by the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a call with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, expressed great pain at the “abject theatrics” of some of the MPs. President Murmu remarked she was dismayed to see the manner in which our respected Vice President was humiliated.