New Delhi: In a scathing comment to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Anurag Thakur stated that the chief is ‘immature and non critical’ for becoming a member of TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee’s “misdeed” as he mimicked the vp of India whereas Gandhi recorded him doing so. “Rahul Gandhi is immature, non-serious and undemocratic. Whether or not inside the home or outdoors, that is shameful,” Thakur stated.
He added, “Gandhi, who has been a member of the parliament for thus lengthy, has been criticised a number of instances for his actions. The nation is not going to forgive Rahul Gandhi for what he did. If an MP was right into a misdeed, then he ought to have stopped him as a substitute of becoming a member of him.”
Earlier this week, a viral video of Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Kalyan Banerjee confirmed him seemingly imitating Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar. The video additionally confirmed Rahul Gandhi recording Banerjee’s act.
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The video drew robust criticism from BJP leaders with Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemning the incident. In a tweet on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Dhankar stated, “He (PM Modi) instructed me that he has been on the receiving finish of such insults for twenty years and counting however the truth that it may occur to a Constitutional workplace just like the Vice President of India and that too within the Parliament was unlucky.
Quickly after the video went viral, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar stated, “Only a whereas in the past I noticed on a tv channel that there isn’t any restrict to how low one can stoop. Your senior chief was discovered taking pictures a video of an unparliamentary act of one of many suspended MPs, sitting out on protest… I simply need to say that good sense might prevail on them.”
In the meantime, Rahul Gandhi, defending his motion, stated that he didn’t share the video. “Who insulted and the way? MPs have been sitting there, I took their video which is on my cellphone. Media is saying this, Modi ji is saying that however nobody has stated something.”
Equally, Kalyan Banerjee stated that he considers mimicry as an “artwork” and that he didn’t intend to harm anybody.
“I’ve no intention to harm anybody. Nonetheless, I’ve a query. Does he (Jagdeep Dhankhar) actually behave like this in Rajya Sabha? Mimicry is an artwork and it was additionally finished by the PM in Lok Sabha between 2014 and 2019,” the TMC chief stated.
In one other growth to the mimicry row, a Delhi-based advocate has additionally filed a criticism towards Banerjee. The case has been transferred to the New Delhi district police.