On Thursday, while the government condemned the Opposition's move to submit a notice for motion to replace Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Opposition stuck to its "partisan" charge against the chair, precipitating multiple adjournments.
There was a brief interlude in the sloganeering and trading accusations when the chairman extended birthday greetings to NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and Union minister Harsh Malhotra. When Dhankhar was reading out details about Malhotra's career, an opposition member quipped, "he was a member of the Congress like you," prompting the chairman to retort: "You forget ties easily, you should understand the importance of ties...if you must, inflict hurt on the mind not the heart."
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