‘Be on watch out!’: VP Dhankhar criticizes Congress for suggesting Bangladesh scenario in India
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has condemned recent remarks by Congress leaders comparing the unrest in Bangladesh to potential scenarios in India. Speaking at the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur, Dhankhar expressed his disapproval of these comparisons, which he believes undermine national stability.
“Be on watch out!!! Efforts by some to infuse a narrative that what happened in our neighbourhood is bound to happen in our Bharat, is deeply concerning. How can a citizen of this country having been a Member of Parliament, and the other who has seen enough of Foreign Service takes no time in saying that what happened in the neighbourhood will happen in India!” Dhankhar said.
The Rajya Sabha Chairman also said that legislature and Parliament cannot script judgements, similarly judiciary cannot legislate or impart directives that are beyond legislation.
«The role of all institutions are well delineated in the Constitution… it will be dangerous if there is incursion in the domain of one constitutional constitution by the other,» he said.
Posing a question to the audience, he asked if these institutions (Legislature/ Executive/Judiciary) are working in their areas or are they in expansion mode to operate in the area of other.
Emphasising the strength of all the three pillar institutions of the country, Dhankhar said their vulnerability would imperial our democracy and derail our development trajectory.
«Our institutions are being exploited by these forces to set a narrative not
