Opposition has crossed all the limits: BJP protests at Jantar Mantar over mimicry row

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here over Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's mockery by TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee. The leaders also raised slogans against Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, who was seen recording the act on his phone. "The Opposition has crossed the limits, they should apologise for their actions. Opposition leaders are running from discussion in Parliament", said BJP's Krishnpal Gurjar.

On the other hand, Opposition MPs marched to Vijay Chowk from Parliament to protest the suspension of 143 MPs from the House. Spwaking to reporters, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar had brought casteism to Parliament, after the Vice President had slammed a TMC leader’s mimicry of him and called it an insult to his background as a farmer and Jat.

The Congress president, flanked by MPs and leaders of INDIA bloc parties, alleged that it was a matter of breach of privilege of the House that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had spoken outside Parliament while it was in session and did not apprise the House over the Lok Sabha security breach incident.

Mimicry Row

TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee had mimicked Vice President Dhankhar while protesting on the stairs of Parliament yesterday against the suspension of MPs.

Banerjee, however, defended his conduct saying mimicry is a kind of art and he wasn't intending to hurt anyone. "I have never had any intention to hurt anyone...Does he really behave like this in Rajya Sabha? Mimicry was done by the PM in Lok Sabha between 2014-2019..." Kalyan Banerjee said.