Kalyan Banerjee attacks VP Dhankhar again, claims mimicry fundamental right of expression

Vartha Bharati | 25-12-2023 | 18:56:00 IST

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee | PC: FB

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, in the eye of a storm over his mimicry of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on the premises of the Parliament complex, attacked him again claiming that mimicry is a form of expression and a fundamental right.

The TMC MP, who was suspended from the Lok Sabha along with several others from both Houses, said that the right to dissent and protest is also a fundamental right.

''Right to expression is a fundamental right,'' Banerjee, a senior advocate, said, while addressing a programme on Sunday in his constituency Serampore.

''Mimicry is a right, an expression, it is a fundamental right,'' he said, asserting that nobody can ''destroy'' it.

Banerjee mimicked Dhankhar, who is also a senior advocate, during the opposition's protest on the stairs of Parliament on December 19 against the suspension of MPs, drawing strong condemnation from the ruling BJP.

Rajya Sabha chairman Dhankhar termed the act as ''shameful, ridiculous and unacceptable''.

The Serampore MP, speaking at the programme in his constituency, accused Dhankhar of ''throttling the opposition to please the ruling dispensation at the Centre''.

''How much will you bend? How much do you want to please Narendra Modi and the BJP?'' the TMC MP said.

Accusing Dhankhar of being engrossed with himself while adorning a constitutional position, Banerjee, shaking his hands and body in a rapid manner, said that he should look at the country instead.

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India has agreed already to drop its tariffs to nothing: President Trump

07-05-2025 ¦ 07-05-2025 IST

US President Donald Trump | PC: PTI

New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.

“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.

“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.

In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.

Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.