Without naming Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, VP Dhankar said “The world laughs at us when a person in a Constitutional position engages in behaviour abroad that disregards their oath to the Constitution.”
The Vice-President's remarks were apparently directed at the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his endorsement of Hindenburg Research's baseless and malicious report and also questioning of the credentials of market regulator, Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI).
Speaking at the 10th National Handloom Day event, Dhankar described economic nationalism as fundamental to "our spinal economic growth and economic independence".
Prior to walking out from the House, the Opposition MPs protested with incessant sloganeering and raised chants like ‘LoP ko bolne do’ (Let LoP speak).
Highlighting that challenge to the rule-based order is at peak at the moment, the VP described its resolution as unavoidable necessity.
The farmers must grow vegetables in their backyard, they must get technologically upgraded and they must look to new sources of energy, he said speaking at the foundation day of the Indira Gandhi Agriculture University in Raipur.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Umesh Rai said on Wednesday that the University of Jammu is holding a "Special Convocation" on 22 June, wherein 211 Gold Medals for the years 2016–2019 and 265 PhD degrees for the years 2017–2019 will be awarded to the students.
The Rajya Sabha has witnessed early adjournments in the last three days following confrontation between the Government and the Opposition.
''Obstruction and disruption of proceedings as parliamentary practice or option are antithetical to democratic values,” said Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankharm, who assumed the charge of Rajya Sabha chairman on Wednesday.
About five CBI investigations have been ordered against the state government in the last two weeks. The latest is the alleged gang rape and murder of a minor at Hanskhali. The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed senior IPS officer Damayanti Sen to oversee the investigation into four recent cases of rape that were reported in West Bengal.
