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WATCH: Rahul Gandhi films Cong MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking Jagdeep Dhankar, RS Chair calls it 'ridiculous, shameful'
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla also slammed Kalyan Banerjee for mocking and mimicking the Vice President inside the Parliament complex and Rahul Gandhi for filing it
FP Staff December 19, 2023 15:55:52 IST 
Kalyan Banerjee, during protest with other suspended MPs at Parliament's Makar Dwar, was seen mimicking Jagdeep Dhankhar. Screengrab/X.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar Tuesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi without taking his name for filming video his party MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking the RS Chair outside Parliament.
“One of your (Congress) big leader was making video of one of the member unparliamentary behavior. There should be some limit. A senior members of a party making video of another party member who is doing mimicry of chair. How ridiculous and shameful it is,” said Dhankar after the House reconvened at noon after being adjourned.
Taking the note of the incident, Dhankar said, “Office of Chairman, Rajya Sabha and Office of Speaker is very different. Political parties will have their cross currents, they will have exchanges, but imagine a senior leader of your party, video graphing another member of another party. Mimicry of the Chairman, mimicry of Speaker. How ridiculous, how shameful, how unacceptable.”
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Videos from outside the Parliament showed Gandhi was seen filing Banerjee mimicking Dhankar as opposition MPs, who were protesting outside Parliament against the mass suspension from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, burst into laughter.
‘Shocking & disgraceful’
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla slammed Kalyan Banerjee for mocking and mimicking the Vice President inside the Parliament complex and Rahul Gandhi for filing it.
“Mocking Parliament, constitutional positions has become their DNA – remember how they said “Modi ki kabr khudegi” & abused his OBC background. From abusing PM post to calling President – Rashtrapatni to now insulting a person who comes from OBC samaj from Rajasthan & has become VP of India,” Poonawalla said.
INDIA bloc MPs have been demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah on the security breach in Parliament on December 13.
The suspended MPs of the INDIA bloc parties staged a protest in front of the Gandhi statue on Parliament premises this morning.
The suspended lawmakers were joined by the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party, Sonia Gandhi, as they raised slogans against the Centre.
The suspended members also protested against the government at Parliament’s Makar Dwar.
With inputs from agencies
