Dhankhar had said he was “shocked beyond words” when he read Chidambaram’s interview to a leading national daily wherein he had said that “the new laws were drafted by part-timers”.
In a post on X, Sibal said Sunday, “Dhankar: Criticised Chidambaram’s statement that part-timers drafted the three criminal laws was an ‘inexcusable insult to the wisdom of Parliament’. We are all part-timers Dhankar ji!”
“And who insults parliamentary procedures on a daily basis? Not us!” said Sibal, a prominent Opposition voice and a Rajya Sabha MP.
Addressing an event in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, Dhankhar had referred to Chidambaram’s remarks and said, “Are we part-timers in Parliament? It is an inexcusable insult to the wisdom of the Parliament…
“I do not have words strong enough to condemn such a narrative being set afloat and an MP being labelled as a part-timer.” “I appeal to him (Chidambaram) from this platform, please withdraw this derogatory, defamatory and highly insulting observations about the Members of Parliament (MPs). I hope he does it,” the vice president had said.
