War of words between Dhankhar, Kharge in Rajya Sabha
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: The Rajya Sabha witnessed a war of words on Tuesday when Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar sarcastically said Jairam Ramesh should take the seat of Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, in an effort to discipline the Congress MP.Kharge, who is also the president of the Congress, retorted by saying the chairman was trying to bring in the "Varna" system. You are so intelligent, so gifted, so talented, you should immediately come and take the seat in place of Mr Kharge because, by and large, you are doing his job," the chairman said. An agitated Dhankhar accused Kharge of "twisting" his remark and said he never meant it. "Never in the history of parliamentary democracy and Rajya Sabha proceedings there has been such a disregard of the chair," he said.