MP Jaya Bachchan of the Samajwadi Party and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar squared off in Parliament on Friday after the former said that the latter’s “tone is not acceptable”.
“I don’t want a schooling!” an enraged Mr. Dhankhar angrily retaliated, telling Ms. Bachchan, “You may be a celebrity (but) you have to understand the decorum…”
Ms Bachchan had prefaced her remarks (before she was cut short by Mr Dhankhar and told, repeatedly, to “take your seat”) by introducing herself as “Jaya Amitabh Bachchan” – a swipe at a related row with Mr Dhankhar that triggered sharp exchanges of its own earlier this week.
“Sir, I, Jaya Amitabh Bachchan (to chuckles from some benches), want to say this… I am an actor. I understand body language and expression (to applause) and, forgive me, but your tone is not acceptable. We are colleagues, sir… you may be sitting in the Chair but I remember when I went to school…” she said before Mr Dhankhar waved his hands and told her to sit down.
“Jayaji, take your seat… take your seat…” Mr Dhankhar said repeatedly as the noise level went up in a Rajya Sabha chamber that, new though it may be, has seen many heated battles.
“Honourable members… Honourable members…” Mr Dhankhar continued, waving restraint at the other side of the House, “Please sit… please sit. I know how to deal with it.”
Watch: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar reacted to Jaya Amitabh Bachchan's statement, says, "You have earned a great reputation. You know, an actor is subject to the director. You have not seen what I see from here every day…" pic.twitter.com/ozwXADQbpd
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The Chair then turned to Ms Bachchan and began his counter.
“Jayaji, you have earned a great reputation. (But) you know the actor is subject to the director… you have not seen what I have seen from here (the Chair). Every day… I don’t want to repeat, I don’t want a schooling. I am a person who has gone out of the way … and you say ‘my tone’?”
“No… no… enough of this. No. You can’t have it. No…” the Rajya Sabha Chair shouted firmly.
“You may be anybody… you may be a celebrity (but) you have to understand the decorum,” a by-now furious Mr Dhankhar declared, waving away further protests from both sides of the House.
“Nothing doing… no. Not at all… I will not hear it,” Mr Dhankar concluded.
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Source: NDTV
