After Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee was seen mimicking Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda on Wednesday condemned the opposition and compared them with "jokers".
"This is a complaint against TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi MP (leader of Congress), and other MPs for making defamatory remarks, mocking and mimicking the style of the Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar while presiding over the house," Jindal said in
Under fire from the members in the Treasury and the BJP-led Centre over his mock impersonation of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on the Parliament complex, suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday clarified his conduct saying he was intending to hurt anyone.
A day after expressing his anguish over being mocked at and ridiculed by suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee outside the Parliament, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, voiced his pain over the theatrics by a member in the 'sacred' Parli
Reacting to the suspension of Parliamentarians of opposition parties from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Tuesday said that BJP wants an opposition-free Parliament adding that it is a very dangerous signal to parliamentary democratic process.
Delhi High Court on Tuesday fixed January 4 for hearing a plea moved by expelled Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, seeking the quashing of a notice issued by the Directorate of Estate cancelling her government-allocated accommodation in Delhi.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday took exception to Trinamool Congress' suspended MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking him during a protest in Parliament premises saying that the mimicry is 'ridiculous' and 'unacceptable'.
Kalyan Banerjee, during the protest with other suspended MPs at Parliament's Makar Dwar, allegedly mocked the Vice President while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was filming him.
In a major escalation of tensions between the Opposition and the BJP-led government at the Centre, 78 MPs were suspended from both Houses of Parliament on Monday, taking the total number of suspended MPs in this session to 92 after which Opposition leaders termed it a "murder of democracy
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that an alliance between the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Congress and the Left is "definitely possible" in the State, adding that she is "open to talk and discuss."
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra has knocked the doors of Delhi High Court seeking quashing of notice issued by Directorate of Estate canceling her Government Accommodation of Delhi.
Standing firm behind expelled Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and calling her expulsion "unfortunate," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that expelling TMC MP without giving her chance to defend herself was "wrong".