India, April 22 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday doubled down on criticism of judicial "overreach" and reiterated that the "Parliament is supreme".

Speaking at Delhi University, Jagdeep Dhankhar said, "A prime minister, who imposed Emergency, was held accountable in 1977. Therefore, let there be no doubt about it - the Constitution is for the people and it's a repository of safeguarding it... elected representatives... they are the ultimate masters as to what the Constitution's content will be. There is no visualisation in the Constitution of any authority above Parliament. Parliament is supreme and that being the situation, let me tell you, it is as supreme as every individual in the country."

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