19 DEC 2023
Following is the full statement of the Vice President given in the House:
“Hon’ble Members,
I have adjourned the House. You are not aware of the kind of response that is against this institution in the mind of the people and we had the occasion to see the lowest level.
Mr. Chidambaram is here. Mr. Chidambaram, you are a very senior member. Imagine what must be going through my heart when your senior leader video graphs a Member of Parliament mocking the Institution of Chairman, as an individual take on me.
Don’t take on my background as a farmer; don’t take on my background as a community member. The Institution of Chairman has been ravaged and that too by a political party that has gone for so long that a Member of Parliament, a senior one, video graphs the other member. For what?
I had suffered, I tell you. On Instagram, Mr. Chidambram, your party put a video which was withdrawn later on. That was a shame to me.
You used the official twitter handle of the spokesperson to demean me, insult me, insult my background as a farmer, insult my position as a Jat, insult my position as a Chairman.
Sir, these are too serious issues. Please go back to your seat.”
