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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar On Congress Leader’s “Bangladesh Can Happen Here” Remark

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'Keep Watch': Veep On Congress Leader's 'Bangladesh Can Happen Here' Remark

Guard against the narrative advanced by some that what happened in Bangladesh can happen in India, advised Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, taking a swipe at Congress leaders and expressing shock and surprise at the equivalence drawn between the two south Asian neighbours.

Sheikh Hasina, 76, quit as prime minister in the face of a student-led uprising on Monday and fled by helicopter to longtime ally New Delhi.

“Be on watch out. Efforts by some to infuse a narrative that what happened in our neighbourhood is bound to happen in our Bharat, is deeply concerning. How can a citizen of this country having been a Member of Parliament, and the other who has seen enough of Foreign Service takes no time in saying that what happened in the neighbourhood will happen in India,” said the Vice President at the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur today.

On Tuesday, Congress leader Salman Khurshid, at a book release function, said that though “everything may look normal on the surface”, what is happening in Bangladesh could happen in India.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who was also present at the event, said on Wednesday that he could not explain what Mr Khurshid meant but the larger message that Bangladesh has given is about the importance of democracy and free and fair elections.

BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy castigated Mr Khurshid and termed his remarks “anarchist”.

Ms Hasina’s last 15 years in power were marked by arrests of opposition leaders, crackdowns on free speech and suppression of dissent.

Protests began in June after student groups’ demands for the scrapping of a controversial quota system in government jobs escalated into a movement seeking the end of her rule.

India too witnessed massive protests over the controversial citizenship law and the new farm laws in the recent years.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and his newly named interim government set out Friday to restore “law and order” after a student-led uprising and deadly mass protests forced Ms Hasina, the five-time prime minister, to flee the country.

Officials of Hasina’s former ruling party, the Awami League, have gone into hiding after revenge attacks saw some of their offices torched, while former opposition groups such as the key Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are rebuilding after years of crushing repression.

In the immediate aftermath of Hasina’s fall, some businesses and homes owned by Hindus were attacked, a group seen by some in Muslim-majority Bangladesh as having been her supporters.

Bangladeshi Hindus account for around eight percent of the country’s population.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged “safety and protection of Hindus and all other minority communities”.

More than 450 people were killed in the unrest leading up to Hasina’s departure, including dozens of police officers killed during clampdowns on demonstrations.

The caretaker administration Mr Yunus, 84, helms has said that restoration of law and order is its “first priority”.



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Fiery Jagdeep Dhankhar-Jaya Bachchan Clash

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'You May Be Celebrity, But...': Fiery Jagdeep Dhankhar-Jaya Bachchan Clash

New Delhi:

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar went head-to-head in Parliament Friday after the former said the latter’s “tone is not acceptable”.

A furious Mr Dhankhar hit back sharply, declaring “I don’t want a schooling!” and told Ms Bachchan, “You may be a celebrity (but) you have to understand the decorum…”

Ms Bachchan had prefaced her remarks (before she was cut short by Mr Dhankhar and told, repeatedly, to “take your seat”) by introducing herself as “Jaya Amitabh Bachchan” – a swipe at a related row with Mr Dhankhar that triggered sharp exchanges of its own earlier this week.

“Sir, I, Jaya Amitabh Bachchan (to chuckles from some benches), want to say this… I am an actor. I understand body language and expression (to applause) and, forgive me, but your tone is not acceptable. We are colleagues, sir… you may be sitting in the Chair but I remember when I went to school…” she said before Mr Dhankhar waved his hands and told her to sit down.

“Jayaji, take your seat… take your seat…” Mr Dhankhar said repeatedly as the noise level went up in a Rajya Sabha chamber that, new though it may be, has seen many heated battles.

“Honourable members… Honourable members…” Mr Dhankhar continued, waving restraint at the other side of the House, “Please sit… please sit. I know how to deal with it.”

The Chair then turned to Ms Bachchan and began his counter.

“Jayaji, you have earned a great reputation. (But) you know the actor is subject to the director… you have not seen what I have seen from here (the Chair). Every day… I don’t want to repeat, I don’t want a schooling. I am a person who has gone out of the way … and you say ‘my tone’?”

“No… no… enough of this. No. You can’t have it. No…” the Rajya Sabha Chair shouted firmly.

“You may be anybody… you may be a celebrity (but) you have to understand the decorum,” a by-now furious Mr Dhankhar declared, waving away further protests from both sides of the House.

“Nothing doing… no. Not at all… I will not hear it,” Mr Dhankar concluded.

Opposition Walk Out

After the fiery exchange opposition MPs led by Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi walked out to support Ms Bachchan, and underline their claims they were not being allowed to speak during House debates.

Opposition MPs – led by Sonia Gandhi and the Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien – then gathered outside Parliament, flanking Ms Bachchan in a significant statement, and several spoke on her behalf.

Congress comms chief Jairam Ramesh told reporters opposition MPs had been repeatedly insulted in Parliament and denied a chance to speak. Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Priyanka Chaturvedi pointed out Ms Bachchan has “vast parliamentary experience… more than the Vice President”, while her Trinamool Congress colleague, Dola Sen, said Ms Bachchan is a four-time MP and deserves respect.

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Speaking to reporters to explain her position, Ms Bachchan said, “It was a humiliating experience…” and criticised the treatment of opposition MPs, contrasting it with the latitude for those from the BJP.

“Whatever is said from the Chair… is allowed. Outside the Chair, the individual is like us.. an MP. I objected to the tone used by the Chair. We are not school children and some of us are even senior citizens. I was upset with the tone… especially when the Leader of the Opposition (Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge) stood up to speak he (the Chair) switched the mike off…” she said.

“And, on top of that, every time words that are unparliamentary are used… like ‘nuisance’, like ‘you may be a celebrity but I don’t care’. I am not asking him to care! Nobody has ever spoken the way they do now in Parliament. What is the problem? It is so disrespectful to women,” she said firmly.

BJP Slams Opposition Over Walk-Out

Opposition MPs’ walk-out triggered a furious reaction from BJP chief and Rajya Sabha MP JP Nadda, who called the protest “indecent and irresponsible” behaviour. “The opposition wants to weaken the country (and should) apologise,” he declared in the (by now largely empty) House.

“It is clear that their standards have fallen in politics… from opposing a party and individual, now they are opposing the country. They want to divide the country,” he claimed.

Mr Nadda wasn’t the only BJP leader to hit out at the opposition. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared “I have never seen such unruly, indecent behavior of the opposition”.

“Today the mind is distressed…filled with pain. This is not only an insult to the Chair, it is an insult to the democratic values ​​of the country. It is an insult to democracy… it is an insult to the Constitution.”

“Today it has been proved that the irresponsible opposition is trying to push the country into anarchy. The opposition should apologise.. has shamed the House and country,” he claimed.

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Sonia Gandhi Leads Opposition Walkout After Jaya Bachchan vs Chairman In Rajya Sabha

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Jaya Bachchan in Rajya Sabha: Jaya Bachchan is a four-time Samajwadi Party MP.

New Delhi:

Opposition parties – led by Congress stalwart Sonia Gandhi – walked out of the Rajya Sabha on Friday afternoon in a powerful show support for Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan, after she clashed with Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar over the “tone” of his voice when addressing certain lawmakers.

Earlier today Ms Bachchan had risen in the House to complain about Mr Dhankhar and say that his “tone is not acceptable”. A furious Mr Dhankhar cut her short and said Ms Bachchan, a famous actor, “may be a celebrity (but) you have to understand the decorum…” 

“Sir, I, Jaya Amitabh Bachchan (to chuckles from some benches), want to say this… I am an actor. I understand body language and expression (to applause) and, forgive me, but your tone is not acceptable…” Jaya Bachchan had said.

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To this Mr Dhankhar responded, “Jayaji, you have earned a great reputation. (But) you know the actor is subject to the director… I don’t want a schooling. “No… no… enough of this…”

Speaking to reporters after today’s walk-out, she said, “It was a humiliating experience…” and criticised the treatment of opposition MPs, contrasting it with the latitude given to those from the ruling BJP.

“Whatever is said from the Chair… is allowed. Outside the Chair, the individual is like us.. an MP. I objected to the tone used by the Chair. We are not school children and some of us are even senior citizens. I was upset with the tone… especially when the Leader of the Opposition (Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge) stood up to speak he (the Chair) switched the mike off…” she said.

“And, on top of that, every time words that are unparliamentary are used… like ‘nuisance’, like ‘you may be a celebrity but I don’t care’. I am not asking him to care! Nobody has ever spoken the way they do now in Parliament. What is the problem? It is so disrespectful to women,” she said firmly.

Ms Bachchan has demanded an apology. “I need an apology from the Chair,” she said.

Opposition MPs – led by Sonia Gandhi and the Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien – gathered outside Parliament, flanking Ms Bachchan in a significant statement, and several later spoke on her behalf.

Congress comms chief Jairam Ramesh told reporters opposition MPs had been repeatedly insulted in Parliament and denied a chance to speak. Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Priyanka Chaturvedi pointed out Ms Bachchan has “vast parliamentary experience… more than the Vice President”, while her Trinamool Congress colleague, Dola Sen, said Ms Bachchan is a four-time MP and deserves respect.

BJP Slams Opposition Over Walk-Out

Opposition MPs’ walk-out triggered a furious reaction from BJP chief and Rajya Sabha MP JP Nadda, who called the protest “indecent and irresponsible” behaviour. “The opposition wants to weaken the country (and should) apologise,” he declared in the (by now largely empty) House.

“It is clear that their standards have fallen in politics… from opposing a party and individual, now they are opposing the country. They want to divide the country,” he claimed.

Mr Nadda wasn’t the only BJP leader to hit out at the opposition. Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared “I have never seen such unruly, indecent behavior of the opposition”.

“Today the mind is distressed…filled with pain. This is not only an insult to the Chair, it is an insult to the democratic values ​​of the country. It is an insult to democracy… it is an insult to the Constitution.”

“Today it has been proved that the irresponsible opposition is trying to push the country into anarchy. The opposition should apologise.. has shamed the House and country,” he claimed.

‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan’ Row

Ms Bachchan and Mr Dhankhar have exchanged heated words earlier in this Parliament session too – over the latter’s introduction of her (in the House) as ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan’.

Ms Bachchan expressed her strong disapproval of this practice.

On Monday too Ms Bachchan had objected to Mr Dhankhar, saying, “Sir, only Jaya Bachchan would have sufficed”, and stressing her unease about women being identified only by their husband’s names as if “they don’t have their own identity”.

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Ms Bachchan had then criticised the “new drama started by you all (referring to her political rivals, the Bharatiya Janata Party)”. “This did not happen before,” she said.

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Last month she corrected Deputy Chairperson Harivansh Narayan Singh.

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“Shrimati Jaya Amitabh Bachchanji, please,” he had said, inviting her to speak. “Sir, sirf Jaya Bachchan bolte to kaafi hojata (It would’ve been enough to call me Jaya Bachchan),” she said, adding,”… women will be recognised by the names of their husbands. They have no existence or achievements of their own” when told that was the name registered in Parliament records.

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Veep Jagdeep Dhankhar Comeback To P Chidambaram’s Jab

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P Chidambaram’s remark is an inexcusable insult to the wisdom of Parliament, Jagdeep Dhankhar said (File)

Thiruvananthapuram:

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar lashed out at Congress MP P Chidambaram today over his comment that the three new criminal laws were “drafted by part-timers”, terming it “inexcusable” and urging him to withdraw his “derogatory, defamatory and insulting” observation.

Mr Dhankhar said he was “shocked beyond words” when in the morning he read Chidambaram’s interview to a leading national daily in which he had said that “the new laws were drafted by part-timers”.

“Are we part-timers in Parliament? It is an inexcusable insult to the wisdom of Parliament… I do not have words strong enough to condemn such a narrative being set afloat and an MP being labelled as a part-timer.

“I appeal to him (Chidambaram) from this platform, please withdraw this derogatory, defamatory, and highly insulting observation about the Members of Parliament (MPs). I hope he does,” the Vice President said addressing the 12th convocation of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) in Thiruvananthapuram.

“When informed minds knowingly lead you astray, we need to be on guard,” Mr Dhankhar further said.

“This morning, when I read a paper, an informed mind, who had been the Finance Minister of this country, a Parliamentarian for long, and currently a member of the Rajya Sabha, stunned me,” the VP said.

He said that he took pride in the fact that the Parliament did “a great thing” by “unshackling us from the colonial legacy” and giving three laws that were of “epochal dimension”.

The Veep, also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, said that every MP had the opportunity to contribute when the three laws – the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Saksha Adhiniyam – were being debated in the House.

“With a heavy heart, I am sharing with you, that this honourable gentleman, a distinguished member of Parliament who has a great background as finance minister, did not use his lung power. He gave total rest to his vocal chords while debate was going on,” he said.

P Chidambaram must hold himself accountable for the “failure of duty on your part, an act of omission/commission, dereliction of duty, which can never be explained”, Mr Dhankhar said.

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