Rahul Gandhi 'Man Of Match', Should Be Leader Of Opposition: Shashi Tharoor
NDTV
He accused the Modi government of treating Parliament like a notice board in the last 10 years and expecting it to be a rubber stamp for all their decisions which, he said, was not viable now with a robust opposition of more than 230 MPs.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today hailed Rahul Gandhi as "the man of the match" of the Lok Sabha polls and said it would only be fitting that he takes on the mantle of the Leader of Opposition in the house.
In an interview with Press Trust of India after his fourth-straight Lok Sabha polls victory, Mr Tharoor said the message of the mandate was that the electorate have given a "comeuppance" to the BJP's "overweening arrogance" and its "my way or the high way attitude".
"It will be a challenge for Mr (Narendra) Modi and Amit Shah who have not been used to consulting very much in running their government and I think this is going to test their ability to change their way of functioning and be more accommodative and more conciliatory within the government and also I hope with the opposition," Mr Tharoor said on the incoming coalition government of the NDA.
