Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed 'pain' after Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge entered the Well of the House to protest on Friday.
India had declared a day of mourning on Tuesday in wake of the untimely demise of Iran's hardline president Ebrahim Raisi. PM Modi had earlier expressed grief over Raisi's death and lauded his contribution in strengthening the India-Iran bilateral relationship.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, along with his foreign minister and other high-ranking officials, died in a helicopter crash on May 19 while he was returning from Azerbaijan.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar visited Ayodhya for the first time since the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in January. Accompanied by his family, he offered prayers at the newly constructed Ram Temple.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was elected to the upper house from Odisha with the support of the Biju Janata Dal.
The event was attended by Tamil Nadu Governor Thiru RN Ravi, Tripura Governor Indrasena Reddy, Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying Thiru L Murugan.
Dhankhar lauded the legislators for maintaining discipline and decorum in the House, which according to him, is emulated by others. He also said that Mizoram has enormous potential in tourism, horticulture, local arts and products that need to be fully exploited.
Dhankhar will arrive on Monday on a day visit to the northeastern state and he will return to Delhi after attending the convocation of MZU and addressing the assembly, officials said. He will be the second Vice President after M Venkaiah Naidu to address the state assembly.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar pulled up Jairam Ramesh over the "misconduct" and said that he does not deserve to be in the Upper House of the Parliament.
Earlier on December 14, the request was made by the AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal for the appointment of Chadha in lace of party MP Sanjay Singh, who is currently in judicial custody in a money laundering case.
There seems to be no end to the controversy around Kalyan Banerjee as the suspended Trinamool Congress MP once again mimicked Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Last week, a huge political row erupted after Kalyan Banerjee mimicked Dhankhar during a protest.
Vice President Dhankhar praised Yogi for the transformation Uttar Pradesh has gone in terms of investment and law and order and said that it has become a "role model of role models".
Responding to Kharge's letter, the Rajya Sabha chairperson said he wished that the Congress leader's assertion that "we firmly believe in fostering dialogue and discussion" was reflected in actions in the House.
Vice President Dhankhar said that some misguided people in the country cannot swallow the progress it has made in the recent years. He asked people to retaliate against such people who do not have any respect for India's cultural legacy.
Mamata Banerjee was right when she said that had Rahul Gandhi not made the video and laughed at the mimicry of Rajya Sabha chairman, the matter would not have blown out of proportions. This is not the first time that Rahul has blamed the media.
Parliament's Winter Session was adjourned sine die, a day ahead of schedule ending three frenetic weeks that saw a security breach in Lok Sabha, suspension of 146 MPs, the expulsion of Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra in the "bribe-for-query" case and passage of three criminal bills.
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Jagdeep Dhankhar mimicry row: NDA MPs in Rajya Sabha stood at their seats today (December 20) during the Question Hour to express their respect for Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and to protest against the opposition over the mimicry incident in the Parliament premises yesterday.
On Wednesday, Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted to say that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to him over phone and “expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some Honourable MPs…He told me that he has been at the receiving end of such insults for twenty years and counting."
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