Shashi Tharoor Targets Centre Over "Mother Of Democracy" Slogan On G20 Hoardings
NDTV
The government was using Parliament as a "rubber stamp or notice board" and getting bills passed without discussion with the opposition, Shashi Tharoor alleged.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday took swipes at the Union government over a slogan on G20 publicity hoardings which describes India as the "mother of democracy".
Speaking at a seminar in Indore organised by the Madhya Pradesh unit of the All India Professional Congress (AIPC), he also accused the BJP government of treating Parliament as a "rubber stamp or notice board." The seminar was on "Samvidhan ka Sanrakshan aur Samvidhan ka utthan" (Conserving the Constitution and Uplifting the Constitution). The Thiruvananthapuram MP is the chairman of the Congress-affiliated AIPC.
"If you go to Delhi, you will see G20 billboards all over the city with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's smiling face and a slogan that we are the mother of democracy. Maybe there is a reason behind his smile... Because the way this mother is working, it is against democracy," Mr Tharoor said.
Targeting the Modi government further, he added, "I think no mother in the world would want to ask for credit after treating her children so badly." The government was using Parliament as a "rubber stamp or notice board" and getting bills passed without discussion with the opposition, he alleged.