New Delhi: The race to call CBI a caged parrot has been going on for many decades, but this unabated perception has now targeted other constitutional institutions as well. After action was taken against many opposition leaders in corruption cases, constitutional institutions have been put in the dock in political competition.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar also expressed concern about this on the occasion of inauguration of Samvidhan Mandir at Elphinstone Technical High School in Mumbai yesterday. He has advocated for the autonomy of constitutional institutions, but the kind of reactions that are being stirred up, it is feared that this issue can also be heated up by the opposition in political circles.

Institutions must work in harmony with each other: Vice President 

Amidst the narratives being continuously created about the country's top investigating agency CBI, which has often been a political target, the way the Supreme Court judge commented on the CBI while hearing the case of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recently, nothing was said on it by the CBI itself, but Vice President Dhankhar, without naming anyone, definitely said that the institutions should work in harmony with each other.

He said that the Election Commission and investigation agencies perform their duties even in difficult circumstances. Reviewing them in this manner can demoralize them. It can lead to further political debate. We have to be very careful about our institutions. They are strong, working independently, and are under checks and balances.

All institutions need to come together to protect the Constitution: Dhankhar

He called such discussions sensational and suggested to avoid them and suggested to come together to protect the constitutional institutions. However, the demands of the political situation and the reaction of the opposition leaders indicate that this comment of the Vice President can also be made a political issue and the dock for constitutional institutions can be made even bigger in the political arena. It will also have to be seen how the judiciary reacts.