New Delhi, July 26
Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi on Saturday described the resignation of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar as a "political exit camouflaged as a constitutional lie", accusing the government of showing signs of insecurity over its inability to control the narrative on impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Varma.
Countering Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's claim that no impeachment motion was admitted in Rajya Sabha other than the one admitted in Lok Sabha, Singhvi told reporters, "Did the Chairman not clearly make the Opposition motion a property of the House when he inquired from the Law Minister about the admission of a separate motion in Lok Sabha?"
He said Dhankhar wanted both Houses to join on the issue, and, perhaps, that is linked to his sudden resignation and silence.
"We believe that Dhankhar's resignation is a political exit camouflaged as a constitutional lie," he said.
Singhvi claimed that now a joint committee of Parliament for inquiry against Justice Varma would not be possible as the government only wants to push forward its motion, admitted in the Lok Sabha.