‘Ashamed To Live In A Country...’: Kapil Sibal’s Remark On Abhishek Banerjee Attack Sparks Row

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• ‘Ashamed To Live In A Country...’: Kapil Sibal’s Remark On Abhishek Banerjee Attack Sparks Row Published By, Last Updated: June 01, 2026, 14:12 IST "I'm ashamed that I'm living in a country where this is what happens," says Sibal.
• BJP responds, "You abuse the nation just because you have a problem with the BJP." Rapid Read Kapil Sibal and Shehzad Poonawalla (right).
• (File) Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal’s remark on Sunday that “he was ashamed to live in a country" where an attack such as the one on Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee takes place has triggered a political row.
• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed Sibal, questioning his silence on other instances.
• “A person who mints crores as a lawyer; who spent majority time in power from Congress and now is in Parliament with the support of Samajwadi Party (SP) says he is ashamed to live in India!… They take ‘supari’ against Bharat because they have a problem with the BJP."" WHAT KAPIL SIBAL SAID Reacting to the alleged attack on TMC’s Abhishek and Kalyan Banerjee, Sibal said, “It’s shameful, absolutely shameful.