Kapil Sibal’s recent comments on the violence against women have drawn the ire of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar. Coming down heavily on Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said that he was pained that someone holding a position in the Supreme Court Bar, a Member of Parliament, can term such acts of violence against women as "a symptomatic malaise". Addressing the students and faculty members on the theme `Role of Women in Viksit Bharat` at the Bharati College, University of Delhi today, the Vice-President said "I am appalled; I am pained and somewhat surprised that someone holding a position in the Supreme Court Bar, a Member of Parliament, acting in a manner and what does he say? A symptomatic malaise and suggested that such incidents are commonplace? What a shame! Words fail me in condemning such a stance. It is doing the greatest injustice to the high position."

Opposition parties staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha on August 09 after a bitter war of words between Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan and Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Jaya Bachchan confronted VP Dhankhar over tone, and then Rajya Sabha Chairman swiftly reminds her— "You may be a celebrity, but decorum must be maintained."