Amidst the uproar over the mimicry of Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, while sharing an old video, has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making fun of former Vice President Hamid Ansari.

While sharing this video, Jairam Ramesh said that indiscriminate efforts are being made to divert attention from the suspension of 142 MPs by raising the issue of mimicry. Never in the history of Parliament has there been suspension of MPs on such a large scale. But those who talk about mimicry, just remember who mimicked whom and that too in the Lok Sabha?

While sharing a video clip of an old speech of PM Modi, he said — “It was August 10, 2017 during the farewell to Shri. Hamid Ansari, who was retiring as Vice President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha after a long ten year tenure. It was then most shockingly that the Prime Minister mocked Mr. Ansari, one of India’s most distinguished diplomats, reducing his identity to his religion and in effect alleging that his entire professional and political achievements were because of his religious identity. The PM pretty much sang the same song in the evening farewell function in Parliament Library auditorium as well.”

“Such a petty PM and his drum-beaters talking of insults being heaped at Constitutional authorities are hypocrites and opportunists of the worst kind. This is nothing but an absolutely pathetic attempt to divert attention from the undemocratic suspension of 144 MPs from Parliament and the shocking security breach in Lok Sabha on December 13th,” he added.

 

While sharing a similar video, Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra wrote on X, “Mimicry is an art form practised by Masters.”

So far, 143 opposition MPs have been suspended in the winter session of Parliament. Opposition MPs also demonstrated against this suspension on Tuesday. During this, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicked Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Rahul Gandhi is also facing criticism for making a video of his mimicry.

On this entire incident, the Rajya Sabha Chairman had said that there is no limit to the decline. I saw a video on TV in which a big leader was making a video of you, while another MP was copying it. May he come to his senses. Please spare some space. The Chairman of Rajya Sabha is very angry with this incident. He said that I have been disregarded. My background was made fun of. My position was ridiculed.My agricultural background was made fun of. When TMC MPs were doing mimicry, many senior leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Pramod Tiwari, Jairam Ramesh, Manoj Jha, D Raja, Karti Chidambaram were present there.

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