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

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

By: Express Web Desk

New Delhi | Updated: December 20, 2023 04:08 PM IST

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Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File photos)

Rejecting claims that he shared the mimicry clip on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the video which he took “remains on his phone”.

Questioning “who disrespected and how,” Gandhi said, “MPs were sitting there, I took their video which remains on my phone. The media continues to show it and is making remarks, Modi ji is making remarks, nobody has said anything.”

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.

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.

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