NDA MPs Stand In Rajya Sabha To Support Chairman Dhankhar Amid Mimicry Row. WATCH

The MPs stood in Rajya Sabha and condemned the TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee's mimicry of Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

NDA MPs stand as they take part in Question Hour in Rajya Sabha.

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MPs of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Wednesday stood in Rajya Sabha while taking part in the Question Hour to support the chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and against the Opposition MPs over TMP MP's act of mimicking Dhankar. Union Minister Palhad Joshi condemned the act of the TMC leader and said that Rahul Gandhi was recording while another leader was mimicking the Upper House Chairman.

Joshi said that NDA MPs would stand and take part in House proceedings to express respect and support to Dhankar and against the opposition leaders' act. On Tuesday, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicked Dhankhar while sitting outside along with other MPs who were protesting against the suspension of 141 MPs in Parliament.

#WATCH | NDA MPs in Rajya Sabha stand and take part in House proceeding to express their respects to Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar after TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mimics him

The President and the PM have extended support to VP Dhankhar pic.twitter.com/6UX18xtUgO

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Union Minister Palhad Joshi also said that the opposition insulted the President because she is a tribal woman, they insulted PM Narendra Modi because he belongs to a poor family.

On Tuesday, 141 MPs were suspended from remaining of the winter session for disrupting proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. 

#WATCH On mimicry row, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee says, "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..." pic.twitter.com/rc6c5X8Lku

— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2023

Meanwhile, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee said, "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..."