‘My spine is so straight’: TMC MP mocks Jagdeep Dhankhar as Rahul Gandhi films; BJP says ‘reckless’
Rahul Gandhi was seen filming the Trinamool Congress MP using his Phone. Kalyan Banerjee can be heard in the video saying, "My spine is so straight, I'm so tall" while depicting his version of proceedings in Rajya Sabha during a mock parliament by protesting MPs.
A total of 141 opposition Members of Parliament were suspended since last Thursday from the Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha. The record breaking suspension has caused stir among Opposition parties, who claim they were suspended for seeking a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the 13 December Parliament security breach that saw two people-- Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D-- jump to the centre of the Lok Sabha spraying colour smoke bomb and shouting ‘Tanashahi nahin chalegi’.
The Privileges Committee of Parliament cited the reason for the suspension of opposition MPs for the rest of the Winter Session to be 'misconduct' and failure to adhere to the directions of the Chair The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) took to microblogging site X to share a video of suspended MPs sitting on the stairs of new Parliament building. In the video Trinamool Congress's suspended MP Kalyan Banerjee was seen mimicking Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was filming him.
The BJP tweet read, “TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mocked the Honourable Vice President, while Rahul Gandhi lustily cheered him on". Opposition members on Tuesday held protest at the Makar Dwar of the new Parliament building over the suspension of MPs and held mock House proceedings.
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