VP Dhankhar replies to Mallikarjun Kharge, Sharad Pawar over suspensions

​In two separate letters to leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar, two of the senior-most MPs in Rajya Sabha, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar sought to justify the suspension of opposition MPs, while lamenting the opposition’s refusal to engage with him when invited and calling it a “rebuff not in sync with parliamentary practice.”In response to two letters from Kharge, Dhankhar said he was pained by the Congress chief’s refusal to interact with him in his chamber to ensure the “wholesome functioning of the House.”