New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachan on Friday demanded an apology from Vice-President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar after a heated exchange of words over BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari's remarks against Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge.
Objectionable tone by the Chair
She said, "I objected to the tone used by the Chair. We are not schoolchildren. Some of us are senior citizens. I was upset with the tone and especially when the Leader of Opposition stood up to speak, he switched off the mike."
Allow LoP to speak
"How can you do this? You have to allow the Leader of the Opposition to speak...I mean using unparliamentary words every time which I do not want to say in front of you all. He uses words like nuisance, 'Buddhiheen'" said Samajwadi Party MP
She further said, "He said you may be a celebrity, I do not care. I am not asking him to care. I am saying I am a member of Parliament. This is my fifth term. I know what I am saying".
Apology required from the Chair
"The way things are being spoken in Parliament these days, nobody has ever spoken before. I want an apology" she added
Bacchan was flanked by several other women MPs including Sonia Gandhi. The women MPs back her claims against the RS Chairman. (with Agency inputs)
