Prime Minister calls the Vice President, expresses “great pain over the abject theatrics of some MPs in the sacred Parliament complex”

“I have been at the receiving end of such insults for twenty years” – Prime Minister to VP

Unfortunate that it could happen to a Constitutional office like the Vice President of India – PM

“The antics of a few won’t prevent me from performing my duty” – Vice President

The Vice-President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar received a telephone call from the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the latter expressed “great pain over the abject theatrics” of some MPs and that too in the sacred Parliament complex yesterday.

During the conversation, PM told Shri Dhankhar that he himself has been at the receiving end of such insults for over twenty years. “But the fact that it could happen to a Constitutional office like the Vice President of India, and that too in the Parliament, was unfortunate,” he remarked.

Received a telephone call from the Prime Minister, Shri @narendramodi Ji. He expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some Honourable MPs and that too in the sacred Parliament complex yesterday. He told me that he has been at the receiving end of such insults for twenty…

— Vice-President of India (@VPIndia) December 20, 2023

The Vice President told the Prime Minister that “the antics of a few won’t prevent me from performing my duty and upholding the principles enshrined in our Constitution.”

Reiterating his commitment to the constitutional values, VP stated that “none of the insults will make me change my path.”

प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी का फोन आया और उन्होंने कल संसद के पवित्र परिसर में कुछ माननीय सांसदों द्वारा प्रदर्शित की गयी अपमानजनक नाटकीयता पर अत्यंत दुख व्यक्त किया। उन्होंने मुझे बताया कि वह पिछले बीस वर्षों से इस तरह के अपमान सहते आ रहे हैं, लेकिन देश के उपराष्ट्रपति…

— Vice-President of India (@VPIndia) December 20, 2023